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Essay / Saving Animals From People - 1197
From the time you are a baby to adulthood, animal testing is used in your everyday products. Products such as cosmetics, detergents and chemicals are examples of products tested to ensure human safety. The usual approach to ensuring safety is to pump a substance into an animal's stomach or respiratory tract, or apply it to its eyes or skin ("Cosmetics"). Most of these tests are rudimentary. According to the American Anti-Vivisection Society, nearly 100 million animals are used each year in the United States as models in biological and medical research to study human disease, injury, development, psychology, anatomy. and physiology (“Animals”). Animals suffer There is enormous cruelty in these studies and this is why many people believe that animals should not have to tolerate unnecessary pain and torture that they believe is unnecessary and avoidable. Some people argue that even though it has always been known that scientists and researchers use animals to test the new products we use, they should find better alternatives for testing the products. A growing number of people are coming to the conclusion that medical researchers are cruel and inhumane. According to In Defense of Animals (IDA), not only is animal testing inhumane, but it is sometimes also inherently inaccurate (“cosmetic”). IDA is an American organization defending animal cruelty. However, in many cases, research facts are overlooked (“About”). Although many people believe that animal research is morally wrong, animals should continue to be used for scientific research because it is, at present, the most effective way to conduct scientific research, otherwise as the use of the human body to develop drugs or carry out many other activities. ..... middle of article ......duces the use of animals for scientific research. In the meantime, animals should only continue to be used for scientific research when there are no other alternatives. As mentioned above, animal testing remains essential to ensure safety and effectiveness for human consumption. Without these safeguards, products may present hidden dangers for human consumption and still be placed on the market because companies are unaware of these dangers. animals, human lives can be put at risk and, ultimately, this issue is a question of animal lives versus human lives. Proponents of animal testing believe that it is better to be cruel to one or a few animals than to endanger the health and safety of thousands and millions of consumers. Looking for better alternatives without completely abandoning animal testing is the most feasible compromise from now on..