Animals Is Inhumane, Ineffective, And Unethical - 1291 Words

Imagine your pet at home- whether it is a cat, dog, rabbit, or even a rat- being purposely infected with a disease, blinded, or given poison to observe how long a poison takes to kill the animal. This is a daily occurrence in the world. At a minimum, 100 million animals die each year due to experimentation- including dogs, cats, monkeys, sheep, and a variety of other animals. Is animal experimentation necessary? Whether it is for military or medical research, or even cosmetic testing, activists argue that no reason exists as to why any living thing should be subjected to cruel experimentation for the benefit of human beings. Experimentation on animals is inhumane, ineffective, and unethical. Scientists who are â€Å"for† experimentation on†¦show more content†¦Once the drug was given to humans with heart problems, the death rate increased by 30%. The FDA has concluded over one half of newly approved drugs tested on animals had more serious side effects when given to h umans. An NIH clinical trial of fialuridine, a medication for Hepatitis B that was tested on animals, was terminated after it caused liver failure in seven out of ten people. Five of these people died and two required liver transplants after taking the drug. In 2003, a company by the name of Élan Pharmaceuticals had to terminate trials of an Alzheimer’s vaccine. The vaccine had cured â€Å"Alzheimer’s mice† but when given to humans, it led to brain inflammation. Another example includes Vioxx, an arthritis drug tested on animals, which was reported to have caused an estimated 140,000 heart attacks and strokes before being terminated. Not only has animal experimentation harmed human lives, but also potentially caused us to ignore real cures. Drugs that fail in animal testing are discarded of. When drugs are disposed of it could cause us to potentially ignore real cures. For instance, the drug Aspirin. Aspirin is one of our most relied upon pain relievers. Whe n given to mice, rats, dogs, cats, rabbits or monkeys: Aspirin causes teratogenic malformations. If scientists would have tested the drug Acetylsalicylic acid (Aspirin) on animals, they most likely would have disposed of it due to the fetus deformities caused by it and we would not have Advil.