Animal research creates controversy between people who agree with animal research and the people who believe research with animals is cruelty. ... Animal research extremists argue that animals are morally equal to humans. ... Animal experimentation is ethical because humans have a higher moral status than animals and animals lack human rights. ... The main reason for animal research to be continued is that it is beneficial to humans and science. ... In summation, animal research is beneficial and a necessity for science and progression. ...

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There are laws currently in place that claim to preserve the rights of animals, but they are both largely ineffective and outdated when compared to modern science. ... There are also those whom believe that animals are being treated appropriately and claim that the forced submission of laboratory animals in necessary to benefit the greater good for science and medicine. Those who have such beliefs are typically misinformed or using outdated science to back up their claims. They justify the treatment conditions of animals in the name of science, claiming that if sentient animals can be used to ...

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Utilitarianism has a place in the animal rights movement. ... The moral right of the animals cannot be articulated to the human species as many are not privileged to understand the animals communications. ... Reagan has a totally different view in how to achieve the animal rights outcomes for the Animal Liberation Movement. ... Reagan's view of total abolition of the use of animals in science is a stance that is more radical and on face value harder to achieve. ... Human's have accepted the use of animals in science research and have been doing this method under the guise of health, ...

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" (Pg. 14) The second precondition according to Mazlish that served in the emergence of the Modern Human Sciences in the West was Seventeenth Century Science and the Enlightenment. ... " (Pg. 34) This revolution introduced a fresh empiricism that moved away from the formalized attempts at human science. ... However, Darwin did recognize that man did differ from other animals in that we have a consciousness of morality and religion. ... "Evolutionary theory made it possible to classify genealogically the plants and animals, the landscapes and the peoples who inhabited them, an...

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In those 4 years they have to complete their requirements in science including chemistry, biology, microbiology, anatomy and physiology. One difference is that veterinary students also study animal science. Depending on what program you want to do you may have to do math and social sciences. ... The course requirements include animal science, veterinary pharmacology, animal physiology, veterinary epidemiology, systemic pathology, and cardiovascular diseases. ... An animal attack from the right animal can do a lot of damage and may kill you. ...

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Therefore, it is impossible to find an animal with the same characteristics of a human (Thomas, Replacing Animals). ... Record shows that as of 2014, NIH donated $1.6 million to the Oregon Health and Science University to convert mice and monkeys into alcoholics (More than $12 Billion in Taxpayer). ... In the United States, animal testing is regulated by the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). Nevertheless, AWA excludes 95% of animals used in research; mice, rats, farm animals, and cold blooded animals, like fish and reptiles. ... The animals often go crazy and even rip their hair off (Budkie, The Facts...

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Animal Assisted Therapy, or AAT as referred to in recent studies, is a type of therapy involving actions between people and trained animals as a form of treatment. ... Braastad, both researchers graduated from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Norway, people with psychiatric disorders may reduce depression and anxiety by AAT. Also, there is a high possibility that people suffering with affective disorders have positive effects by it, as these authors state in the Department of Animal and Aqua-cultural Sciences. ... Clark is the author of "Therapeutic Use of Animals for Mental H...

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However, by saying that animals should be used in medical research, we must realize our duties and responsibilities to these animals. ... This is a good indication that science has begun to recognize the full scope of animal rights, and is a step in the right direction. ... Scientists need to find alternative forms of animal research in order to decrease the number of animals used in research. ... We also cannot forget the fact that many times animals also benefit from animal testing. As we use animal research to understand more about humans and diseases, we in turn learn more about animals ...

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Animal Testing in Medical Research Animal testing in medical research. ... Supporters of animal testing have their reasons for using animals in research. ... They believe humans and animals are equals, we humans are animals too. ... The biggest concern that those opposing animal testing have is the animals" rights. ... Opposers to animal testing strongly believe that the animals involved suffer. ...

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Animal Rights Terrorism Animals all across the worlds are terrorized day after day, whether it's for the use of cheap food, safe medicines or the making of a new product. ... Cruelty to animals is degrading and considered to be wrong. ... In the Violence, Terrorism and the Animal Rights Movement article it states, "that the more extreme animal rights activists have used tactics of intimidation and terrorism: fire-bombing, vandalism, threats, burglary, and physical harassment in their effort to hobble the advance of science and the saving of human lives". ... The Federal report highlig...

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Through exploring science, a doubt in God has developed in a good friend of mine; as we talked over the conflicting concepts between science and religion a curiosity aroused in me to explore and come to a conclusion for myself. ... In accepting this one can see how the earth is as long as science proves it to be. ... Animal's survival is relied on certain qualities they must have to live in the world mankind creates for them. ... If humans or nature caused the environment to change living animals would have to change also to survive. If the advancement of animals still isn't evid...

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Animal rights seek to guarantee animals with a sense of entitlement. ... In this manner, both human beings and animals are all animals (Ryder, 2004). ... Animal rights should include the increased regulation of activities such as hunting, animal farming and science experimentation on animals. ... Animal rights will ensure that animal farming is conducted in a manner that reduces the suffering of animals. ... With regard to animal suffering, most animals are transported a...

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The Nature of Science Science, for me is relatively a complex, but at the same time, a very appealing subject. ... The content in "The Trouble with Science," gives the reader a more transparent understanding about the nature of science. ... First, in order to understand the nature of science, I find it valuable to discuss briefly the history of science. ... Animals, are another species who also build up "logical chains" of cause-effect sequences. Although before scientists were hesitant to accept that animals as well as humans have mental status, studies have confirmed this thought. ...

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This course has showed me that environmental science is a very important subject. ... Environmental science has taught me that the environment is extremely important to everyone on the planet. ... Trash, left behind by beach patrons can be a death threat to animals. ... Sea animals like fish also become ill or can't get enough air and die. Some of the animals do stay alive with the help of a team of rescuers who do their best to clean up the animals and their habitat. ...

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Science and Religion Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa Italy in 1564. ... Beagle on a British science expedition around the world. In South America Darwin found fossils of extinct animals that were similar to modern species. ... It is easy for science to prove that the earth much older. ... So, to the question "Does Science Threaten Religion?" ...

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People should fight to change how animals are used in the name of science. ... Researchers that want to advance in medicine and science believe that killing an animal is more important than ethics and morals but they are wrong, because animals are living creatures like humans, and killing an animal is like killing a human. ... Humans should not be privileged over animals because animals feel pain. ... Now that science has advanced, we can advocate the use of animals and leave the obscure reference of animal experimentation in the past. Science has advanced so far that human tissue can now be u...

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This helps provide a form of protection due to the dangerous trips (Science Made Simple Inc. 1995). ... A specific insect known as the Monarch Butterfly migrates from Canada to Mexico (Science Made Simple Inc. 1995). ... Animals also tend to consume more food. ... The most unique thing about bears during hibernation is that they do not eat, drink, or excrete at all during their hibernation (Science made simple, Inc. 1995). ... Fish, frogs and other reptiles found at the bottom of lakes and ponds remain dormant during the winter season (Science made simple, Inc. 1995). ...

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Scientist have successfully cloned different kinds of animals but the animals that were cloned tend to have health issues and shorter life spans. ... You can clone endangered animals to save a certain type of species) (Quinonez). ... The government feels safer doing cloning on animals instead of humans. ... Science and Health Cloning is a big step for the science community, it is outstanding to think that humans are capable of doing such things. ... DNA fragments is discussed in the textbook 'Biology: The Dynamic Science' is a form of cloning. ...

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For example, A science major, Emma Hockly, and her team of students from Oxford University studied 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. ... Louis Pasteur through his work proves that animal experimentation and different diseases can change science the world over for the better (Cothran 79). ... Some questions of medical science can only be answered by animal research (Newscientist.com). ... Almost every medical science advance in this longer lifespan...

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This experiment proved that mammals created by somatic cell nuclear transfer could become fully developed (Genetic Science Learning Center, 2014). The decades spent researching and experimenting with somatic cell nuclear transferring has led to countless discoveries that have affected the world of science. A somatic cell is any cell of a living organism that is not a reproductive cell (Genetic Science Learning Center, 2014). ... Apart from being controversial for human cloning efforts, cloning has also been sought to generate livestock (Genetic Learning Center, 2014) it can be used to enhanc...

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The animals used in those labs were all for ideal laboratory animal research. ... The use of animals in the life sciences goes back to ancient Greece and the earliest medical experiments. ... Without animal research humans and animals would still be dying or totally wiped out from these diseases. ... There are many great advantages of animal experimentation. But over the years animals have been tortured. ...

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Though physiology only rose to prominence during Ancient Greek times, one could infer that Neolithic Man used a more primitive form of physiology to assign roles when he had started domesticating animals. ... Man on the other hand had little himself to offer, he is not strong enough to carry other animals, his body hair is sufficient only for keeping himself warm, and woman produces only enough milk to feed her own offspring. ... He was not the fastest, or the strongest, but he had the unique ability to tame other animals and think critically. ... The behavioral, or human, sciences exist to ta...

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"Europe's idea is to put more pressure on other parts of the world to end animal testing, but the science doesn't match the political timetable. ... To complete the test, scientists must kill all 200 rats (the number of rats they test at one time) and bake their heads in an oven to simulate the results of a human's body temperature reacting to the fluoride(Science"). ... This is because Europe is a high-fashion center and the heat of all cosmetic companies (Science"). ... Though many of these animal protection programs promote humane treatment of animals, they do not fully oppos...

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It can be argued that psychological research is scientific, if psychology is considered to be a science too. ... For example, Eric Pettifor said that psychology is 'an art which presents itself as a science'. ... The biological and cognitive approaches use animal studies and brain scans to look at the DNA, genes and neurotransmitters. ...

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Animals are not efficient test products: "Animals are completely different from humans, and no animal species can serve as an experimental model for man. Each animal has a genetic code of its own, which is a fixed datum, characteristically unique in each species, while there are differences, and different genetic codes, can only lead medical science into error." [ Brecher, 1989] Considering the words of Brecher no experimental research on animals can benefit humans. ... SOULD ANIMALS HAVE RIGHTS?... Some possibilities to replace animal models include modern computer science. ... In no mean...

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