... research. Today, scientists are conducting animal experiments in an attempt to find cures for cancer, Alzheimer's, AIDS, motor neurone disease, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Multiple Sclerosis, asthma, arthritis and a host of other ailments. However, animal rights activists say these tests are cruel, inhumane and unnecessary. "Animals are different to humans in many ways - genetically, anatomically, physiology, emotionally and socially," said a spokesperson ... . And strychnine has no effect on monkeys, chickens and guinea pigs but causes convulsions and even death in humans. One of the...

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... unethical, causes untold pain and suffering, and is completely unnecessary. This type of experimentation does not benefit humans, and in fact, has very often proved to be harmful. Various tests and testing methods will be examined, particularly in regard to their effects on experimental animals. To further support the premise that vivisection is unnecessary, alternatives that are rapidly gaining support ... , as many as two hundred animals will be forcibly exposed to a particular substance. "Most commonly, animals are force-fed substances through a stomach tube and observed for two weeks...

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... The Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration require animal testing for the marketing and distribution of chemicals, vaccines, and drugs. However, both organizations reported that animal tests have 92% failure rate in predicting the safety and effectiveness of medicines ("Soundearth.com," 2010). In most of times, animal testing includes: pain, discomfort, and ... to manufacture mosquito repellents, a substance used to protect humans from diseases carried and transmitted by mosquitoes such as malaria. Before new products are put on the market, vital tests of dr...

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... on polio-the in vitro work, which was awarded the Nobel prize and which did not involve animals, and the subsequent animal tests, in which close to one million animals were killed and which the Nobel committee refused to recognize as anything more that wasteful. ... wrong. If the pharmaceutical industry switched from anima experiments to quantum pharmacology and in vitro tests, we would have greater protection from death and injuries, not less. If we did not have animal tests we could conduct medical research by using human clinical and epidemiological studies, cadavers, and ... comput...

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Tests are conducted on a wide range of chemicals and products, including drugs, vaccines, cosmetics, household cleaners, pesticides, foodstuffs, and packing materials to ... bugs, worms, and other creatures in order to gain understanding of the particular body systems. It is used in some cases to understand the cause of death of an individual and scientists use animal testing to gain understanding to the cause and treatment of many common ailments. The safety testing of chemicals and products ... is a relatively recent development in history. Safety testing grew out of other forms of testing...

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... enrichment on mice with Huntington's disease under three conditions: large cage with nine other mice equipped with toys, a cage with a cardboard tube, and standard cage. Results from motor coordination tests proved that mice with the enriched cages did much better than those with standard cages; they also seemed healthier and happier despite their condition (qtd. in Newscientist.com). Lab animals ... use them for work (Cothran 51). Ethnologists point out that some animals, such as dogs, cats, and primates practice behavior patterns, that the animals care for each other, and that tests ca...

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... inhalation chambers filled with pesticides to make sure it wouldn't be harmful to humans who use it to kill weeds in their lawn. The FDA tests fluoride products by rubbing them on rats' teeth and left for two weeks. To complete the test, scientists must kill all 200 rats (the ... bake their heads in an oven to simulate the results of a human's body temperature reacting to the fluoride(Science"). Many people do not see these tests as cruel and unusual in the United States, because they know animal testing goes on in many other countries as well. Even though scientists argue that ... bec...

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... side effects on animals have provoked extreme reactions in humans (Carlson 75). Though this is true in some cases, the majority of the tests conducted give scientists and researcher a better idea of what they are dealing with. In addition, activists also point out the huge sums of ... at least forty percent of its grants currently have animal components (Carlson 82). Nevertheless, it would cost the government a lot more if the tests were conducted on people instead of animals. In response, activists suggested using prison volunteers in non-therapeutic research. The problem with this is ....

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... them have been animal- tested. Every year, thousands of new cosmetic, personal care items and household products are introduced into the marketplace. With each "new and approved" item comes the death of millions of innocent animals. Nearly every product found on our local supermarket shelves has been animal- tested during some stage of its development. Laboratories are home to around two ... animal experiments can be misleading due to the large difference in anatomical and physiological difference between animals and humans. According to specific test animal tests and human results only...

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... researched, it becomes one of the major problems is caused by the Draize Test. "Liquid, flake, granule, and deterioration is recorded. The Draize test is responsible for the suffering and death of thousands of rabbits each year in the United States but does not prevent or help cure human injury." With no benefits to using this test it is apparent that ... last up to 14 days, during which time animals experience symptoms such as lung hemorrhage, breathing difficulties, kidney and liver damage, tremor, incontinence, convulsions, stomach distension and ulceration, coma and death. No pain r...

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... before beginning human testing (McGuire)." This falsely implies that drugs must be tested on animals to see if they are dangerous to humans. It has already been determined that such tests are frequently inaccurate. As for the first quotation, it may be true that one cannot completely understand how a disease acts until the entire living system is tested, but this cannot ... a difference of species of test subjects. Autopsy is one alternative to animal experimentation. An autopsy is a dissection of a cadaver, or dead body, with the intent of finding the cause of death. Autopsies have bee...

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