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

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.

Animal testing is a cruel way to find results that are not always truth worthy. I think the new way of testing should be the usage of human bodies who volunteer their bodies mainly people who are very sick.

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 This is clearly illustrated by the number of commercial drugs that have been withdrawn from the market due to the side-effects on human.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.

Hi friends,

Yes the drugs should be tested on animals only. Because if they were directly tested on human, a huge loss will be there. So they should be tested on animals only. We can know the side affects and can proceed on further. If not on animals, then where should they be tested? Only the animals will have the same system like of human, so the animals were used for testing.

I think it is very cruel to use animals for drug development and research. Humans first only have caused tremendous damage to environment to meet their selfless need, if now is the turn of animals the whole ecological balance will be destroyed. Science and technology had taken man to such great extent, can't they find another way for testing? If they can take so much efforts for themselves, they should think about animals too.

Hi,

Yes. I will agree with it. Because, now a days the population and the no of diseases are increasing proportionally. And to cure those there is a need to discover new drugs and medicine. So, a host has to be there for conducting the experiments. Its not fair, to have human as a host. Obviously, we need to choose any animal that's have the same living conditions for the specific drug. If its the animal there won't be any problem, because we have so many techniques for reproducing them. If there is any mismatch we can go for another one. By considering the ecosystem it is suggestible to experiment the animals which are plenty in number.

I think its a ruthless way. The greatness and efficiency of any experiment lies not only in how efficiently its carried out but also how ethically its approached. Since science and technology is taking shape day by day, I hope man can definitely find out a way to work in an alternate method. I never understand why people fail to understand that animals too have something called emotions. Just because they are superior to man doesn't mean they have to be sacrificed for the development of human society. I agree its not advisable to set human life under risk, but a point can be made out that these experiments can be conducted on prisoners who are kept in prisons to be executed.

As breeding is easy, we can breed the animals with the similar functioning of the human system and use a few for experiments. To support this, we even kill and eat animals for our own pleasure which would be better for mankind when experimented. It has already been successful.

I support this. Don't you kill and eat animals when they have the right to live. Eating them benefits only one person, but experimenting on them benefits humanity.

We have to ask ourselves the question, if it is justified to test new drugs on human beings or not. The answer to this question will answer today's topic.