... 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...

• Word Count: 1546
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... 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...

• Word Count: 595
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... 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...

• Word Count: 2104
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate