Monitored Animal Testing

Cure or not?

One reason why animal testing should be closely monitored is because of the harm and abuse of animals with minimal results and influence to society. The most impactful form of harm/abuse is disease testing. Animals are tested for diseases that aren’t susceptible to them and only to humans. This is a high risk because they undergo experimental “cures” and drugs which are later found to be lethal rather than helpful. Because the testing is done on animals, what is lethal to them could in fact be helpful for us and vise versa(A). Unfortunately, with this logic, promising results from animal testing may not be as influential for humans. Approximately 90% of “promising” drugs are failed during human trials(A). Animals testing should be monitored closely to determine when it is in fact useless and harmful to animals. While 10% of testing is actually helpful to humans, it is extremely unethical simply because there are new alternatives that can be used more effectively and humanely. In retrospect, Animal testing is a waste of time, money, and is cruel.

Scaling Animal Testing

Some would argue that while unethical and very unpromising, animal testing can supply favorable results given its 10% success rate. In a recent Britannica article from ProCon.org, the argument that animal testing is the most efficient way of formulating cures, vaccines, and more was present(B). The article goes on to describe various pros and cons of animal testing in a counteractive way neutralizing the good and bad. Another way to view this is in a “Because”statement. “Because there are many groundbreaking discoveries due to animal testing, the cause and the sacrifice establish equilibrium” There will always be a case where the bad out weighs the good when it comes to the death toll and insufficient results.

Works Cited

Cruelty Free International. (2009). Arguments against animal testing. Crueltyfreeinternational.org. https://www.crueltyfreeinternational.org/why-we-do-it/arguments-against-animal-testing (A)

ProCon.org. (2000). Animal Testing — ProCon.org. Procon.org. https://animal-testing.procon.org (B)