Some people think it is necessary to use animals for testing medicines intended for human use. Others, however, think it is cruel to do that. Discuss both of these views and give you own opinion.
People have different views about whether animals should be used in medical tests. While in some ways doing medical experiments on animals may seem reasonable, I personally believe that animal testing is cruel and inhuman.
There are various reasons why carrying medical tests on animals might be considered necessary, which destine for human use. Firstly, animal testing contribute to many life-saving cures and treatments. For example, testing new drugs on animals could help to major advances in understanding and treating incurable diseases such as cancer and hepatitis. Furthermore, animals often make better research subjects than human beings because of their shorter life cycles. For instance, laboratory mice and rabbits live for only two-three years, so medical researchers can study the effects of new drugs over a whole lifespan, which would be infeasible using human subjects.
However, I agree with those who consider that experiments on animals are terrifying and painful procedure. On the one hand, most tests involving animals are flawed, wasting the lives of them. Not only majority of animals used in medical researches suffer during the studies, but also many of them are killed during or after the experiments. On the other hand, animals can suffer like humans do, so it is fact that humans are refrained from medical tests in reality. While discriminating against animals comes from the fact that animals do not have the cognitive and language ability, in this case humans do not have moral right to do medical tests on them.
In conclusion, it seems to me that the lives of animals should be respected, and alternative methods of medical tests should be used.
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