Should Animals be used for Testing New Drugs & Medical Procedures?
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Shivangi said:
9 years ago
Absolutely not! Aren't animals living things like us? If we have got a more developed brain than them and can make advances in different fields does not mean we are superior to them. Why kill an animal to save a selfish human's life?
At least, animals are not like us. They know how to love unconditionally not like us who do everything just to satisfy our needs. Animals should never be used for testing new drugs because they are also inhabitants of this earth and they also deserve to be treated respectfully and live.
At least, animals are not like us. They know how to love unconditionally not like us who do everything just to satisfy our needs. Animals should never be used for testing new drugs because they are also inhabitants of this earth and they also deserve to be treated respectfully and live.
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JoJo said:
8 years ago
Hi guys!
I believe that this is correct.
Because it benefits us and puts us through less pain. Also, when animals are tested, they are usually sedated taking away the pain. In addition, human benefits are gained which could not be obtained by using other methods. Anyway, the three Rs are usually used: Reduction, Refinement, Replacement. Even if animal testing is harmful and dangerous to animals, it can save people's lives. God said that we can rule over the animals, so let us use them a sensible but beneficial way!
I believe that this is correct.
Because it benefits us and puts us through less pain. Also, when animals are tested, they are usually sedated taking away the pain. In addition, human benefits are gained which could not be obtained by using other methods. Anyway, the three Rs are usually used: Reduction, Refinement, Replacement. Even if animal testing is harmful and dangerous to animals, it can save people's lives. God said that we can rule over the animals, so let us use them a sensible but beneficial way!
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Sunitha said:
1 decade ago
Yes, as human beings cannot be get into testing directly we need to go for the animals. They are the speechless creatures what is going to be done with them but to invent some drugs for curing diseases we really need animals. I think it is a selfish human act for their survival sometimes some of them is for animals too. Human being is also an animal but he is master of all these animals. So, it will be through animal which can be used for testing newly invented drugs and medical procedures.
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Anu said:
9 years ago
According to me, no living thing (either man or animal) used for testing. But here we have no option of testing. If scientists create a testing artificial it will be fine, unfortunately, we don't have any. So that we can use the mind dead patients who are waiting for their death. By giving some money to their families we can use those patients for drug testing. If the drug works, those brain dead patients may cure (hope for positive). Through that, we can save mankind and animals too.
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Tua said:
1 decade ago
Hi everyone, according to me if scientific experiments are done on human beings it will cost a life...as we all know that now a days science has created a lot of new medicines which cures cancer to AIDs at 1st stage...if those medicines are experimented on human life then it can create a huge problem..so it is better to experiment on the animals as we do not have any other option and if it is not experimented on animals we cannot rely that it can help human beings.. Thank you.
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Asha y v said:
10 years ago
Hi every one.
I agree with this. If animals are the right to live. Then why we kill and eat them. We kill animals for our food. Even though there is other options like vegetables, eggs etc. We can live without meat products. Then also we kill animals for food. If we can use animals as our food, then why can't be it is used as testing medicines. We can't test new medicines in humans. So if it is for good for all human world. Definitely we can use animals for testing.
I agree with this. If animals are the right to live. Then why we kill and eat them. We kill animals for our food. Even though there is other options like vegetables, eggs etc. We can live without meat products. Then also we kill animals for food. If we can use animals as our food, then why can't be it is used as testing medicines. We can't test new medicines in humans. So if it is for good for all human world. Definitely we can use animals for testing.
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Akash jain said:
1 decade ago
According to me no living being ( either man or animal ) should be used for drug testing . besides , Scientists must build some special device for testing a drug , scientists are working on various useless projects that should be stopped . Animals are speechless , this is not thier fault , god created them like that and because of that , various animals are suffering from death . As life is a god's gift , each and every living creatures have the right to live .
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Yogita said:
10 years ago
Animals could not be used for testing new drugs because many of these experiments cause pain to the animals involved or reduce their quality of life in other ways. If it is morally wrong to cause animals to suffer then experimenting on animals produces serious moral problems.
It causes suffering to animals the benefits to human beings are not proven any benefits to human beings that animal testing does provide could be produced in other ways also.
It causes suffering to animals the benefits to human beings are not proven any benefits to human beings that animal testing does provide could be produced in other ways also.
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Aman said:
1 decade ago
Clinical trials on the animals should be reduce to some extend but not be banned because it is very important that any medicine or drug that is made should be properly tested on animals in the clinics so that the medicine is not going to harm health or have any side effect on human beings and may be human life may be saved from dangerous diseases like cancer, tuberculosis etc. Actually we don't have any option for clinical trials except animals.
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Ishita mukherjee said:
1 decade ago
According to me animals should be used for new drugs testing because the animals such as rats,rabbits are used for testing of drugs which have no use and if a drug is being tested on animal the animal is not going to die.But if it is tested on a human the side effects are dangerous and a individual may die also.so I conclude that a human's life is more perecious than a animal,a human may do a new discovery tomorrow but a animal will not.
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