thesis for argument against animal testing?

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I am against animal testing, and i need to come up with a strong thesis stating animal testing is wrong, any help would be appreciated! thanks

Answer 1

If you are against animal testing, then you must be for human testing. There is no other way to ensure that human medications and consumer products will be both safe and effective. The animals used for testing are especially bred for the purpose, and are not part of nature or the natural ecosystem. For the most part, they are treated as humanely as possible, and where/when necessary, terminated as quickly and painlessly as possible. If you're going to argue against animal testing, then you must be prepared to offer a viable alternative, and that would have to be human testing, with the accompanying methods of obtaining subjects. Are you prepared to do this in your thesis?

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Animal Testing Thesis

Answer 3

Here are some facts and opinions that may be of help to you

Kate Teasdale says:
Animal testing is cruel and inhuman! It is morally wrong to torture animals for our own benefit. Over 3 million animals have been tormented all in the name of research. It has been found that only 5-25% of side effects caused by medicines are accurately predicted. This leads me to wonder what is actually being gained by animal experimentation?

Hundreds of animals die daily for scientific research. People seem to find this acceptable and turn a blind eye, but if the same number of humans were to die at the same time, wouldn't it be considered tragic? It can argued that animal experimentation can be beneficial and has helped find cures for some diseases. However the number of successes are very small. This could be due to differences between species, or due to the fact that these illnesses have been placed in the animals deliberately.
Humans don't catch diseases in this way! Therefore would it not be more logical to use alternatives such as laboratory tests or computer simulators? These will do the job without any slaughter of innocent animals and it will stop inaccuracies caused by differences between species.

Teachers arguments:
* Animal testing can be misleading. An animal's response to a drug can be different to a human's .
* Successful alternatives include test tube studies on human tissue cultures, statistics and computer models.
* The stress that animals endure in labs can affect experiments, making the results meaningless.
* Animals are still used to test items like cleaning products, which benefit mankind less than medicines or surgery.

Moral argument
* Animals have as much right to life as human beings.
* Strict controls have not prevented researchers from abusing animals.
* Deaths through research are absolutely unnecessary and are morally no different from murder.
* When locked up they suffer tremendous stress. Can we know they don't feel pain?

Two more sites to check out as per Kate Teasdale:
http://www.frame.org.uk
http://www.uncaged.co.uk

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thesis for argument against animal testing?
I am against animal testing, and i need to come up with a strong thesis stating animal testing is wrong, any help would be appreciated! thanks

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