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Essay / Morality of Animal Experimentation - 1398
"Ask experimenters why they experiment on animals, and the answer is: 'Because animals are like us.' Ask experimenters why it is morally acceptable to experiment on animals, and the answer is: "Because animals are not like us." Animal experimentation is based on a logical contradiction. Magel ("Animal Testing 101") We all use products tested on animals. Something as simple as the soap we use every morning in the shower has been tested on an animal. , do we think about what the animal went through to bring this product to market It is estimated that 150 million vertebrate animals and non-human primates are used for animal testing worldwide (“Animal Testing”). ") That's a lot of animals being tortured and most likely killed. Animals don't have a voice to tell us to stop, so they can't fight back to stop something bad happening to them. humans, should not commit such injustice to these animals. Although animal testing is widely used, it poses many problems because it is expensive, unreliable, animals are injured or killed, and other more humane alternatives are accessible. First of all, animal testing is expensive. According to PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), animal testing is a multi-billion dollar industry. That's a considerable amount of money used for something that isn't exactly foolproof. For years, organizations have used animals to test things such as cures for diseases. However, often these remedies are not found and large sums of money are wasted. For example, more than 30 years of animal testing have failed to find a cure for cancer or AIDS. Leading cancer researcher Robert Weinberg says... middle of article......being test subjects is cruel. Many times these animals are killed, and if they are not killed, they suffer or are disabled. Who are we to say everything is okay? In short, animal testing is wrong. It is inhumane to treat animals the way they are in these laboratories. In addition, the millions of tests carried out cost money, considerable amounts of money. Money is wasted on repeated, repeated experiments with the same results. Nothing is accomplished through these tests except wasted money. When the results are obtained, who can say that they are correct? There are many differences between humans and animals, which makes a person wonder if something that is safe for animals is actually safe for humans. We need to step back and re-evaluate animal testing. Although animal testing is commonly used, this does not mean it is morally correct or reliable..