... as any of the moral and social issues that have been fought over in recent years. Animal rights are an emotional issue-second only, perhaps, to the bitter abortion debate." For decades the value of animal research has been grossly overrated. Although researchers have depended on animal test data to achieve medical advances, there should be other means of research because testing on ... animals is cruel, inhumane, and often unnecessary. However, there should be other means of research because the whole process of animal research remains cruel and inhumane. Animal rights activists have ga...

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... under the age of 34. Fur has become a stylish trend with celebrity's sporting the new look. We don't hear much about animal rights anymore, but there is still an active organization known as the COK's (Compassion over Killing) which is an animal rights civil disobedience group. This group pickets many fur retailers, their enemy in the fight against fur. These activist see the fur ... to stop using fur in their clothing lines. Each side of the argument over fur has an entirely different way of bringing attention to this issue. Animal rights groups are known to bluntly describe fur as "de...

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... having many supporters as well as non-supporters. People have been debating over this issue for years with no avail. Animal rights activists form groups that try to stop animal testing while scientists around the world argue that it is an important procedure that has led to many discoveries. In ... Treatment of Animals (PETA) filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) high production volume chemicals testing initiative. This plan uses animal testing and PETA felt that the EPA was testing the same thing over and over again producing the same result. They were also...

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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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