Debate On Animal Testing

Animal testing or animal research is the use of non human animals in scientific experimentation.

Debate on animal testing. Although much larger numbers of invertebrates are used and the use of flies and worms as model organisms is very important experiments on invertebrates are largely. It is estimated that 50 to 100 million vertebrate animals worldwide from zebrafish to non human primates are used annually. 9 out of 10 times the testing is found inaccurate in the end anyways. I am con for this debate because i am against animal testing and i believe it should be stopped.

However it is prudent and vital to consider the. Banning animal testing will in no way hurt any advancements in the future. Animal testing is a cruel way of trying to find results that aren t always trustworthy. Opinions about the necessity acceptability and justification of animal testing vary widely.

The debate on animal experimentation. Animal testing is carried out worldwide. Animals are used to develop medical treatments determine the toxicity of medications check the safety of products destined for human use and other biomedical commercial and health care uses research on living animals has been practiced since at least 500 bc. An estimated 26 million animals are used every year in the united states for scientific and commercial testing.

It s also a much faster and cheaper method. We now have alternatives such as bio engineering and computer modeling that can provide us better more accurate results than animal testing. The practice is regulated to varying degrees in different countries.