... what actions towards those animals are justified. Are medical experiments on animals justified? If a farm animal lived a happy life but was then killed for food, does that make it better than a factory farm? Do humans have a right to live above non-human animals? This is only the ... tip of the iceberg and these questions could go on for pages, but I'm going to touch on and argue on Singers point towards animal rights, which is no doubt ... stroke, diabetes, Parkinson's disease, hepatitis c, birth defects, bioterrorism countermeasures, epilepsy, spinal cord injuries, and cystic fibrosis...

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... (Gannon, 2007). Furthermore, It has been estimated nearly 100-150 million vertebrate animals, including mice, rats, birds, fish, rabbits, guinea pigs, farm animals, dogs, cats, and nonhuman primates, are used in animal testing annually worldwide ("Soundearth.com," 2010). These animals are used in an effort to test for the safety and efficacy of products for humans. ... doubt it. But however, a middle ground must be established that to avoid cruel and unnecessary abuse of animals while accepting in biomedical research (Gannon, 2007). Throughout history, animal testing has allowed researc...

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... They also gave $1.9 million to Ohio State University for heart attack experiments on dogs, and $16 million to Harvard University to introduce drug addiction to monkeys (Swa, Reduction on Animal Testing). America's options on how to better distribute twelve billion dollars annually are uncountable. Government could use that money to implement educational programs, provide $210 monthly to elderly, or ... is not efficient? Besides the money, and the inaccurate results of animal experimentation, there is a big controversy with such practices: the cruel treatment of animals. In the United S...

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... specifically states, "the use of animals is instrumental in certain research and education for advancing knowledge of cures and treatment for diseases and injuries which afflict both humans and animals (Animal Welfare Act as Amended)." Not only does the act allow for experimentation, but it does not specify regulations for how the experiment is to be conducted. For example, administering ... nor what experiments are performed on them. Also, these facilities are not required to consider non-animal testing alternatives, as other animal-testing facilities are forced to do. The rules and reg...

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... of sheer utilization, animals today are more valuable than ever before. We not only eat, ride, shoot, wear, trap, hunt, and farm animals, but the medical field experiments on over 17 million animals per year. Although 85 percent of that total is comprised of rats and ... field. Though lauded worldwide in prevention and cure of innumerable diseases, such as alcoholism, diabetes, heart disease and manic depression, the act of animal experimentation has met no small amount of opposition. Polarity reached such epic proportions that Stanford University halted plans on an $18 millon lab, cos...

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