'animal testing' essay
Nowadays animal experiments are widely used to develop new medicines and to
test the safety of other products. Some people argue that these experiments
should be banned because it is morally wrong to cause animals to suffer, while
others are in favour of them because of their benefits to humanity.
Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
It is true that medicines and other products are routinely tested on animals before they
are cleared for human use. While I tend towards the viewpoint that animal testing is
morally wrong, I would have to support a limited amount of animal experimentation for
the development of medicines.
On the one hand, there are clear ethical arguments against animal experimentation. To
use a common example of this practice, laboratory mice may be given an illness so that
the effectiveness of a new drug can be measured. Opponents of such research argue
that humans have no right to subject animals to this kind of trauma, and that the lives of
all creatures should be respected. They believe that the benefits to humans do not
justify the suffering caused, and that scientists should use alternative methods of
research.
On the other hand, reliable alternatives to animal experimentation may not always be
available. Supporters of the use of animals in medical research believe that a certain
amount of suffering on the part of mice or rats can be justified if human lives are saved.
They argue that opponents of such research might feel differently if a member of their
own families needed a medical treatment that had been developed through the use of
animal experimentation. Personally, I agree with the banning of animal testing for non-
medical products, but I feel that it may be a necessary evil where new drugs and
medical procedures are concerned.
In conclusion, it seems to me that it would be wrong to ban testing on animals for vital
medical research until equally effective alternatives have been developed.
(270 words, band 9)
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