Should Animals be used for Testing New Drugs & Medical Procedures?

There exist valid arguments in support of both sides, yes, and no, and we should therefore examine the issue thoroughly before we form sound judgement.

First and foremost, opponents of animal testing allege that using animals in experiments is inhumane and should be prohibited. Needless to say, millions of animals, as diverse as mice, rabbits, and monkeys, undergo painful suffering or even death due to experiments conducted in research labs, especially when related to transplants or cloning, which can be blatantly cruel. More dire still, many of the experiments are ineffective and therefore can be viewed as needless practice, in the sense that they are not applicable to humans. Simply put, although some animals undergo similar physical processes to human, numerous products which were considered effective on animals, were in fact unfit for human use. This is clearly illustrated by the number of commercial drugs that have been withdrawn from the market due to the side-effects on human.

This notwithstanding, animal testing is a two-way street. Judging this matter at its true value, it must be admitted that medical research involving animals, has substantially improved the health of the human race. Suffice it to say, were it not for animal testing, diabetics would suffer and die, and scientists wouldn't be able to fight diseases such as cancer or AIDS, hoping thus to eventually discover a cure.

In other words, Humanity would be at the mercy of deadly infection, relying only on alternative methods of testing. Proponents of Animal testing also draw attention to the fact that animal testing is so far the most effective experimentation method available. That is to say, without animal testing, new procedures or new drugs would be extremely unsafe for human use. Though there are alternative methods of testing, one being testing on plants, these are by no means advanced enough. Another alternative would be testing on kids or adults which would be even more inhumane. Animal testing is therefore necessary before a new drug can be piloted on a small group of patients. What we can do however is make sure that animals used in experiments to test the effects of new products, are treated with the minimum of suffering.

What is the verdict on it? In the light of this evidence, I might go as far as to say, that animal testing is a necessary evil. Thanks for your comprehension.

Animals and humans do not have equal rights. Animals were made for the benefit of the human race. However, humans were created to take care of the animals. No, animals should not be tested on, it is unfair, and often cruel. Yes drugs should be tested, and not for the first time on humans, nor until scientists have legitimately verified that said drug is safe for our use, without any worry of complications. While both of these arguments present truth, and yes they are somewhat accurate, they ignore something very important; we are at a basic level-ANIMALS. We are mammals-the first sign of well, being an animal. We are somewhat related to monkeys- said many intelligent scientists. So yes I can understand that maybe animals are being treated unfairly, being deliberately and accidentally given diseases and unknown affects of the drug being tested. But, just looking at the one side of the story, isn't fair either, because then we begin mistreating ourselves and each other, by selling untested drugs to the public, without knowing the full affects.

While it is definitely necessary to test these new drugs on animals, both for the survival of the human race, and because it provokes a higherish level of thinking, animals tested are quite often not treated fairly and in may cases extremely abused. The answer to these issues, is not to completely make illegal the testing of new drugs on animals, nor is it to allow the animals to be completely mistreated for the sake of science. I think the only option is to put more laws in place, that don't make it necessarily harder to test animals, but harder to mistreat them. This is a problem that will never be solved 100%, not at least for a very long time. We need to stop thinking one way or the other, but consider both aspects, and meet in the middle for the good of animals and humans alike.

Since Time immemorial, animals have been used to test drugs, and for medical research. Small animals such as rats, hamsters, guinea pigs, rabbits, and squirrels have been the main victims.

For as long as he has existed, Man, has regarded himself as the greatest among all sentient beings. Along with this self-proclaimed.

'greatness' comes the arrogance and superiority complexes that usually spoil one's character. As a result, Man has started taking his intelligence and power for granted, plundering on through the world of redefined necessities and luxuries, leaving entire species of animals writhing helplessly along in it's wake. Man has been taking advantage of helpless little animals in many ways, the likes of which Bugs Bunny and Jerry Mouse could never have dreamed of. Animals are cruelly treated, and forced to sacrifice themselves for the sake of tearless shampoo, mascara, artificial flavors, vaccines, or God-Forbid, pepper spray.

Is this really fair? Do such deeds really qualify Man as 'God's Most Important creature? Granted, Man has invented tearless shampoo, mascara, artificial flavors, vaccines and pepper spray, but how many rodents has it cost nature? Mixtures intended to become tear-less shampoos are ruthlessly poured into the animal's eyes, and it is left writhing in pain, unable to even blink the pain out. Tear-less, indeed.

Didn't Man invent the concept of equal rights for all? Didn't Man establish himself as the 'just' and 'all-powerful' ruler of Earth? And just how far has this claim been fulfilled?

All this time, Man has asserted himself as the 'caring' ruler of Earth. Well, the time has come to show each other just how caring Man can be, starting with our feathery/scaly/furry friends a few rungs down the Ladder of Evolution.

Animals Should Not Be Used for Drug Development or Medical Research.

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We don't want to use animals, but we don't have any other options.

The most significant trend in modern research is the recognition that animals rarely serve as good models for the human body. Human clinical and epidemiological studies, human tissue- and cell-based research methods, cadavers, sophisticated high-fidelity human-patient simulators, and computational models have the potential to be more reliable, more precise, less expensive, and more humane alternatives to experiments on animals. Advanced microchips that use real human cells and tissues to construct fully functioning postage stamp size organs allow researchers to study diseases and also develop and test new drugs to treat them. Progressive scientists have used human brain cells to develop a model "microbrain", which can be used to study tumors, as well as artificial skin and bone marrow. We can now test skin irritation using reconstructed human tissues (e.g. MatTek's EpiDermTM), produce and test vaccines using human tissues, and perform pregnancy tests using blood samples instead of killing rabbits.

Experimentation using animals persists not because it's the best science but because of archaic habits, resistance to change, and a lack of outreach and education.

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If beauty and brain is the parameter for a successful person, then probably most of the people end their ambitions in lagging either of the one above said features. Beauty is god given, and brain is equally gifted and the power or intellectual capacity depends upon sociology-psychological factors along with training and learning capacity of the brain. One has to train the brain to get acquaintance with knowledge.

But beauty has nothing to do. Suppose if we have medical emergency where we can only see people suffering, at that time only the medical knowledge which a doctor possess is hailed rather than the beauty of that doctor serving, similar is the condition with all other profession in the world which only demands brain but not the beauty. It's just a hype to combine the beauty and brain as a perfect blend to create a success formula.

Often beauty can fade away by age or illness, but the knowledge gained increases with sharing and learning. So there exists the upper hand of brain on beauty in the real world. Only in the modeling and female dominated professions beauty with brain fares well. In all other fields, brain is enough to be a part of solution.

It is rubbish thought of banning animals from testing medicines and medical procedures. I agree that animals have life too and even they feel the pain. But killing is the part and parcel of the living organism like we kill plants by consuming them as food. And we kill millions of bacteria while breathing out while releasing carbon-dioxide. We also have very good arrangements made for other living creatures infiltrating our homes like mosquito, rats, and so on.

So why bother about this issue when its been utilized for better purposes to manufacture and creation of medicines ? if we shouldn't test these on them, then on whom should we test it ? on humans ? aww please gimme a break. ! what about t that moment when we are relishing a tasty beef, chicken, mutton or other meat at your home ? these things are only for the well being and survival of us. And to find a better solutions to these problems, it is important that veterinary science to improve as better as human biological science has. So that it could cure those animals and living creatures that are affected by these types of testings.

Hello everyone. I would like to say something on today's topic which is should animals be used for testing new drugs and medical procedure? Well life is a gift of god. Be it human or anyother living being. We as humans don't have the authority to exploit any other without its consent. We don't use humans for medical testing cause humans can protest. They can sue each other in court for violating privacy. For centuries we humans have been using innocent animals like rabbit mice dogs monkeys as testers. They can't protect themselves. They die in pain in laboratories when wrong treatments are done on them. So we as human beings should be passionate to our fellow companions and become the voice for the voiceless. Testing on animals should be banned world wide. This is not only painful for them but equally painful for the compassionate humans. Instead science must develop ways and means to test on artificial limbs or artificial cells. It would be a cruelty free development for all. Thank you.

Yes. Humans are killing millons of animals daily just for satisfing the taste of the tongue. In some countries live animals (pigs and oxen) are just thrown like toys into turning blades. If one sees such an incident directly, one turns into vegetarian on the spot. Such pathetic is their condition. Unfortunately, no one can stop this. If we are not bothered about this brutal purposeless killing, why should we bother about the killngs which are strongly purpose based. And if we compare the count in the both cases, killings for taste across the world in a day will be in some multiples of crores and that for research will be some multiples of hundreds.

If some people feel that using rats for research as a pathetic thing, I'm sure that they feel one lakh times more pathetic to see some ill fated humans suffering helplessly for an unknown new disease which has no medicine!

No, animal has feeling, they no pain, they are creature of God. We have no right to hurt them for our selfless reason. I don't care if million people will die because of rabies, Louis Pasteur were a monster to create animal testing. We should volunteer our self as test subject for drug not using animal. I will even give my child for drug testing.

In case anyone does not understand that is sarcasm. Idiot, if we can't test animal, how would we know what the drug does in-vivo ? And even if human volunteer for drug test, we can't test on human for scientific reason, not moral reason dumb-ass. We do not simply choose rat, mice, rabbit because they are poor helpless animal. We chose them because. Wait why do I have to educate you guys, go and take a course in biomedical science to see why we have to test on animal and why those animal.

Good day, From my point of view, animals should not be tested for any kind of research. The life is also important, we must not be selfish. Humanity is most important. They are animals, they too have lives. Taking their lives for research is too vulnerable. No one has any rights to take their lives. Animals serve us in all the ways. From milk, their skin is used for making bags, their babies are also we are adopting (dogs, cars). They are useful to us, we are humans and we have some kind of morals. God gave us 6 sense to think what is right and what is wrong. Think that killing animals for our sake is right. We are using products given by animals and we are killing them, it right? Please, animals are also a living being. They are so innocent. Make them survive. We must protect them. Thank you.