Thanks to animal testing, scientists are able to advance medicine and find cures and treatments, but this comes at a price. The animals involved in these experiments suffer and even die from the cause. Many say it is inhumane and cruel. Others argue that animal testing is useful and necessary. The points of view between Jane Goodall and Dario Ringach are different when it comes to animal testing, but they pursue the same goal: caring for animals and seeking cures and treatments. Jane Goodall, primatologist and ethologist, believes that animal testing is "morally and ethically unacceptable". In his article, “So Much Animal Pain, So Little Human Gain,” he states that animal testing does not benefit humans and how much the animal suffers during the experiment. The use of animals in research cannot always predict outcomes for humans. There are some cases where even if the experiment was successful, it was not safe for humans. About 92% of drugs that passed animal testing failed to work in humans (top 5 reasons). The reason is that animals are different from humans. Although animals cannot speak or make judgments like humans, they do have emotions, consciousness, and intelligence. The animals may experience stress, fear and pain during the experiment. He says there are alternatives beyond animals such as the use of cells, computer models and more. It also includes that animal testing costs much more than alternatives. The biggest problem when it comes to animal testing is how the animals are treated during the experiment. Although animals are protected by the Animal Welfare Act, not all animals used for research are unprotected. That said, there are chances that they could be... mid-card... red and tested. There may be a compromise if the Animal Welfare Act protects all species used for research, reduces and eliminates pain, and seeks better alternatives. Perhaps in the near future alternatives will replace animals and therefore will no longer be necessary for research. Why are animals used to test medical products? Np, nd Web. March 10, 2014. Goodall, Jane. “So much animal pain, so little human gain.” The Times [London] 17 March 2012, Opinions section: n. page March 17, 2012. Web.ProCon.org. “Animal Testing” ProCon.org. March 18, 2011. Web. March 12, 2014. Ringach, Dario L. “The Use of Nonhuman Animals in Biomedical Research.” The American Journal of the Medical Sciences 342.4 (2011): 305-13. Print "The top five reasons to stop animal testing." PETA's top five reasons to stop commenting on animal testing. Np, nd Web. March 11. 2014
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