... a useless annoyance. To other people, animals are beautiful, exquisite creatures that should be protected and cherished. Recently, many animal rights activists have turned their focus to animal experimentation, which has become one of today's largest controversies. Many animal rights activists see their fight against animal experimentation as a simple matter of moral duty, of ethics, or even of religious obligation. Tom Reagan states, "We ... Louisiana State University hundreds of cats were shot in the brain to show that such wounds 'impair breathing' " (140). Information such as this i...

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... a useless annoyance. To other people, animals are beautiful, exquisite creatures that should be protected and cherished. Recently, many animal rights activists have turned their focus to animal experimentation, which has become one of today's largest controversies. Many animal rights activists see their fight against animal experimentation as a simple matter of moral duty, of ethics, or even of religious obligation. Tom Reagan states, "We ... Louisiana State University hundreds of cats were shot in the brain to show that such wounds 'impair breathing' " (140). Information such as this i...

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... test may be replaced entirely by methods involving the use of chicken eggs or cell cultures taken from a variety of sources (Hyde 18). Henry Spira, along with many other animal rights activists, deserves the credit for changing the way cosmetics are tested. These activists saved the lives of many rabbits through creative and nonviolent movements. One of Spira's dramatic efforts was ... his 1980 protest against the cosmetic manufacturer Revlon. Spira and other animal rights activists ran full-page ads in newspapers showing bandaged white rabbits with the caption; "How many rabbits does R...

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... , hundreds of animals will have had their eyes, skin or gastrointestinal systems unnecessarily burned or destroyed (Sequoia, 27). Two of the most famous animal tests are the Draize, or eye irritancy test and the LD50, Lethal Dose 50. The Draize test is performed almost exclusively on albino rabbits, ... are rarely, if ever, used in situation of actual human poisoning. The skin irritancy test, similar to the eye irritancy test, is where an animal, most commonly a rodent, has a highly concentrated solution of a chemical in question applied to their skin. Their skin is then observed for sig...

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... and in lawsuits. Most Americans apparently would find it a great legal and philosophical stretch to grant animals the same rights as humans. 20 percent donate to animal welfare organizations. A large majority, nearly 70 percent, according to some polls, approves of animal research, particularly if it advances medical sciences. The Congress of Technology Assessment estimates scientists use 17-22 million vertebrate ... not require that commercial breeder of these rodents be registered, or the USDA's Animal and Plant Inspection Service(APHIS) inspect such establishments(Gordon,A1). These l...

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... and mice, and less than 3% are cats and dogs while non-human primates account for 2%" ( ). The animal rights issue is an emotional one. For decades the value of animal research has been grossly overrated. Many corporations test on animals, but probably the largest is Proctor & Gamble. People ... interactions that occur in an entire living system. Countless medical treatments, techniques, and technologies have come about, at least in part, through animal experimentation. The development of immunization against such diseases as polio, diphtheria, mumps, measles, rubella, pertussis, and he...

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Animal Rights One of the most touchy aspects of our relationship with animals is the use of animals in laboratory sciences. Some ... designed to yield information about possible treatments or antidotes. the Draize is inhumane. Substances such as oven cleaners and paint removers cause obvious pain and suffering. Because animal and humans differ in medically important ways, results from the Draize test do not necessarily apply to humans. Rabbit eyes differ significantly from human eyes: rabbits possess ... documentation of the results. I concluded that since there was no documented differences...

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... law, thus is rarely administered. Despite all of this cruelty, not a single disease has been cured through vivisection in this century. For animal rights activists, like People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the answer is no. PETA pressures labs into halting experiments because they believe ... of their strength and potential for killing in inappropriate doses. Many of the antibiotics and vaccines used today were developed and tested through animal research, as were insulin and nearly all-modern anesthetics. Tragic Consequences More than 205,000 new drugs are marketed world...

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... presented with this story what would you choose, animal or human? If given the choice, how many people would choose the lives of 100 lab rats over one human. Should people suffer or die because of some animal rights activist says that animal testing is cruel? Here are a few facts that ... help to prove that animal research is important to human beings. If it were not for animal testing: Polio would kill or cripple thousands of unvaccinated children and ... death from heart attack, stroke or kidney failure from lack of medication to control the high blood pressure. There are a lot of alt...

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... tested carbolic acid on animals and discovered the substance could effectively sterilize surgical instruments, sutures and wound dressings, thereby preventing infection of wounds. Since then, scientists have used animal experiments to develop vaccines for dozens of infectious diseases, including diphtheria, tetanus, rabies, whooping cough, tuberculosis, polio, measles, mumps, rubella and - just recently - Hemophilus ... for hypertension and diabetes also came as a result of animal research. Today, scientists are conducting animal experiments in an attempt to find cures for cancer, Alzhei...

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... monkeys, and other animals suffer in products tests that lead to blindness, severe burns, and eventual death." (Newkirk p. 10) Out of all of the companies which subject their products to animal testing, Procter & Gamble Inc. is the largest and kills the most animals: In Procter & Gamble (P&G), cosmetic and household product testing, caustic chemicals are forced into rabbits' eyes and applied ... make the animals stand on their hind legs. Elephants are often beaten until they follow their trainers' instructions." (Kiley p. 15) Elephants are possibly the most abused animal in the entertain...

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