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    Animal testing refers to procedures performed on live animals to research diseases and test products. It is estimated that over 115 million animals are used worldwide in laboratory experiments each year. Animal testing is argued to be a waste of time and money as it is costly, unethical, and inhumane. It is also unreliable as diseases induced in animals are never identical to human diseases and many animal experiments do not contribute to improving human health. While some argue animals are necessary until alternatives are developed, there are already cruelty-free brands that do not use animals and alternative methods like cell cultures and computer models. The essay concludes that animal experimentation should be eliminated globally due to the physical and psychological suffering it causes animals.

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    Animal testing refers to procedures performed on live animals to research diseases and test products. It is estimated that over 115 million animals are used worldwide in laboratory experiments each year. Animal testing is argued to be a waste of time and money as it is costly, unethical, and inhumane. It is also unreliable as diseases induced in animals are never identical to human diseases and many animal experiments do not contribute to improving human health. While some argue animals are necessary until alternatives are developed, there are already cruelty-free brands that do not use animals and alternative methods like cell cultures and computer models. The essay concludes that animal experimentation should be eliminated globally due to the physical and psychological suffering it causes animals.

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    Animal testing refers to procedures performed on live animals to research diseases and test products. It is estimated that over 115 million animals are used worldwide in laboratory experiments each year. Animal testing is argued to be a waste of time and money as it is costly, unethical, and inhumane. It is also unreliable as diseases induced in animals are never identical to human diseases and many animal experiments do not contribute to improving human health. While some argue animals are necessary until alternatives are developed, there are already cruelty-free brands that do not use animals and alternative methods like cell cultures and computer models. The essay concludes that animal experimentation should be eliminated globally due to the physical and psychological suffering it causes animals.

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    Animal Testing Essay

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    Animal testing refers to procedures performed on live animals to research diseases and test products. It is estimated that over 115 million animals are used worldwide in laboratory experiments each year. Animal testing is argued to be a waste of time and money as it is costly, unethical, and inhumane. It is also unreliable as diseases induced in animals are never identical to human diseases and many animal experiments do not contribute to improving human health. While some argue animals are necessary until alternatives are developed, there are already cruelty-free brands that do not use animals and alternative methods like cell cultures and computer models. The essay concludes that animal experimentation should be eliminated globally due to the physical and psychological suffering it causes animals.

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    The key takeaways are that animal testing is considered unethical and inhumane as it subjects animals to painful experiments and most animals die at the end of the tests. Alternatives to animal testing such as cell cultures and computer models are proposed.

    The arguments against animal testing are that it is unethical as it violates animals' rights and subjects them to physical and psychological suffering. Animal testing is also considered unreliable as diseases induced in animals are not identical to human diseases.

    Some of the alternatives proposed to animal testing are cell cultures, safety tests on raw materials, computer models, and using human volunteers or blood samples to test for reactions instead of using live animals.

    Camila Rodríguez Polanco

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    Outline

    Topic: Animal Testing.


    Posture: against.
    Thesis: Animal testing is a waste of time and money, as it is costly, unethical,
    and inhumane, besides, they are alternative testing methods.
    Introduction: Animal testing refers to procedures performed on live animals to
    research basic biology and diseases, evaluate the efficacy of new drugs, testing
    human health and environmental safety of consumer and industrial products
    such
    as cosmetics, medicines, detergents, among others.
    Arguments:
    Argument 1: animal testing is unethical.

    Argument 2: animal research is not completely reliable.

    Counterargument: animal experimentation has no alternative as it is necessary


    for scientific development.

    Argument 3: alternatives to animal testing.

    Conclusion: In conclusion, animal experimentation ought to be eliminated


    worldwide, as it causes both physical and psychological suffering in animals.
    Peer Questions
    Edited by Camila Rodríguez Polanco Writer’s name Caterina Novello

    Introduction
    1. Does it have a title? Is it “catchy”? Is it connected with the topic? Write
    it here. Yes, it is catchy and connected with the topic. Genetically Modified
    Organism: Transgenics Crops.
    2. Is the thesis statement clearly identified? Underline it.
    Yes, it is.
    3. Does the thesis statement contain the author’s posture on the subject?
    Yes, it does.
    4. Is there an introduction? Does it give a clear idea of what the writer will
    write about?
    Yes, there is an introduction.
    Yes, the introduction gives a clear idea of the posture of the writer.
    5. Does the first sentence of the introduction catch the reader’s attention?
    Yes, it does.
    6. Are there parts of the introduction that are unclear? If so, underline
    them, and put a question mark next to the passage that you did not
    understand.
    No, everything in the introduction is clear.

    Body

    7. Is the body of the essay organized with ideas separated into paragraphs
    with a smooth transition sentence at the end of each one?
    Yes, the body of the essay is organized with ideas separated into paragraphs
    with a smooth transition sentence at the end of each one.
    8. Does each body paragraph have a topic sentence?
    Yes, it does.
    9. Are transition words used accordingly and throughout the whole essay?
    Yes.
    10. Does the essay contain persuasive language and strong vocabulary?
    Yes, by reading it, people can be convinced that what is written is correct.
    11. Are there any words (verbs, adjectives, nouns, etc.) that could be
    substituted for other words because they are too repetitive, not strong
    enough to persuade, or simply incorrectly used?
    I would substitute the word transgenic, as it is repeated several times.
    12. Does the essay contain facts (citations) that support the claims made?
    Are bibliographical references accordingly included at the end, and in
    APA style?
    Yes, it does.
    Conclusion

    13. Are the main points addressed in the essay restated in the conclusion,
    and in a way that gives the sense of completion of the text?
    Yes.
    14. Are bibliographical references placed at the end under the title
    REFERENCES (NOT Bibliography) and in APA style?
    Yes.
    15. What did you like the most about this essay? What would you do to
    improve it?
    What I really like about this essay is how easily the ideas are explained for a
    better understanding of them.

    Animal testing

    Animal testing refers to procedures performed on live animals to research basic


    biology and diseases, evaluate the efficacy of new drugs, testing human health and
    environmental safety of consumer and industrial products such as cosmetics, medicines,
    detergents, among others. All procedures performed on animals can cause distress, pain,
    physical and psychological suffering. Therefore, most of the animals die at the end of
    these experiments, but some are reused in subsequent tests. It is estimated that every
    year more than 115 million, are used worldwide in laboratory experiments. Among
    these creatures, we can mention rats, mice, guinea pigs, rabbits, etc. However, because
    only a small proportion of countries collect and publish data on the use of animals for
    testing and research, the exact number is unknown. Animal testing is a waste of time
    and money, as it is costly, unethical, and inhumane, besides, they are alternative testing
    methods.

    Animal research is unethical. These living beings are exploited in laboratories


    and cosmetics companies around the world. Currently, these practices are prohibited in
    several countries, especially in Mexico, since the worldwide animal protection
    organization, “Humane Society International”, welcomed the decision of the Republic
    of Mexico to prohibit these experiments. The reality is that the pain, suffering, and
    death of these animals are not worth the possible human "benefits". First of all, the
    rights of these creatures are violated when they are used in research. Tom Regan,
    professor of philosophy at North Carolina State University, states, "Animals have a
    basic moral right to respectful treatment .... This inherent value is not respected when
    animals are reduced to mere tools in a scientific experiment." Humans and animals can
    feel, think, and experience pain; thus, animals deserve the same respect. As mentioned
    above, animals are subjected to very painful physical and psychological tests, which can
    be lethal, and their rights are violated because they are given no choice. This makes this
    research highly unethical.
    This research is not completely reliable. Most animal experiments do not
    contribute to improving human health, and the value of the role of animal
    experimentation in most medical advances is questionable. Diseases that are artificially
    induced in animals in a laboratory, whether mice or monkeys are never identical to
    those that occur naturally in humans. As a consequence, because animal species differ
    biologically from one another, animal experiments are even more unlikely to produce
    results that are correctly interpreted and applied to the human condition in a meaningful
    way. As a case in point, over the years, specialists have cured cancer in mice, but it
    simply hasn't worked in humans. In addition, scientists at the Scripps Research Institute
    in California in 2015 created a vaccine against AIDS, which worked in monkeys, but
    not in humans. This is not uncommon in laboratories, as therapeutic development is an
    extremely costly, complex, and time-consuming process. The average time from target
    discovery to approval of a new drug is about 14 years. The failure rate during this
    process exceeds 95 percent, and the cost per successful drug can be $1 billion or more.
    Because experimenters rarely publish the results of failed animal studies, other scientists
    and the public do not have immediate access to information about the ineffectiveness of
    animal experimentation.
    Although many people are not in favor of animal experimentation, legally all
    drugs must be tested on animals to ensure their safety before they can be used in
    humans. Therefore, until there is a cell that can be studied individually and can exhibit
    human-like responses, animals are necessary. However, I disagree with this, because
    there are currently several brands that have animal cruelty-free products that do not
    cause any negative consequences in humans. Especially, we have the case of brands
    such as Urban Decay, which is one of the best quality brands in the makeup market,
    NYX Cosmetics, Too Faced, Dove, Garnier, among many other products. They can use
    different methods to ensure the quality and safety of a certain product in humans,
    among which are: cell cultures, safety tests on raw materials, computer models, and
    even human volunteers. Another alternative method is to use blood samples with which
    possible reactions to a compound can be measured. All to avoid the chain of cruelty that
    torments animals in laboratories.
    In conclusion, animal experimentation ought to be eliminated worldwide, as it
    causes both physical and psychological suffering in animals. Laboratories should
    gradually introduce alternatives to this practice. Therefore, strict laws should be put in
    place to ensure that this no longer takes place. Animals should be treated with respect
    and dignity, and this right is not realized when this type of research is carried out. Once
    this happens, the world would surely become a much more ethical place to live in.
    References

    Humane Society International. (2021, 2 September). “Mexico bans cosmetic testing on

    animals”. Retrieve from: https://www.hsi.org/news-media/mexico-becomes-first-

    country-in-north-america-to-outlaw-animal-testing-for-cosmetics-es/?lang=es

    Regan, T. (s. f.). Save the animals: Stop animal testing. Lone Star College. Retrieve

    from: https://www.lonestar.edu/stopanimaltesting.htm

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