Animals & Science
Are animals truly needed for research?
Background Information
Pros of Animal Research
- learning new things we never knew before
- shorter life span, not much of a waste
- unlimited number of test subjects
- we are using under 1 million animals for research
- life saving vaccines have been tested on animals first
- we CAN research on animals without harming them
Animal Research Doesn't Kill
Animal research kills way less animals than that of animals for food, by accident, and for sport. Millions more are killed for food than the animals that are killed in research. Also, the animals used annually by the US has gone down over a million animals since the peak of animal research which was over two million.
Cons of animal Research
- 9/10 drugs tested on animals fail to work on humans
- medicines passing animal testing aren't necessarily safe
- animals differ from humans greatly making research inaccurate
- animals suffer horrible pain and suffering
- about 937 chimpanzees are held captive annually for research purposes in US alone
Why some people don't like animal testing
Pro Animal Research pictures
final thoughts
Works Cited
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