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A 6 page paper which argues against animal research. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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is necessary because it has allowed people to uncover diseases and the cures for diseases without using human beings as test subjects. While this may seem important, and for many
it is, it can well be stated that animals should not be subject to research because it is cruel and it takes advantage of the fact that they are our
"inferiors" in terms of strength and ability to leave research facilities on their own. The following paper examines this issue, arguing that animal research is not a moral or ethical
endeavor. For and Against Animal Research As mentioned in the introduction, there are many people, including many scientists, who believe that by researching with animals, by testing on
animals, many diseases are better understood and even cured. However, there are also many today who argue that the use of animals, while beneficial in the past, is not necessary
any more with the advances made in science. In looking at an example of how animals have, supposedly, helped human beings one author presents the case of Frederick Banting
who "would never have begun his research without access to research animals" (Lauerman, 1999). Banting was apparently seeking out an answer to diabetes and his research took place in the
1920s. He and his fellow workers "isolated a material that kept a depancreatized dog named Marjorie alive for about 70 days" (Lauerman, 1999). There is doubt as to the validity
of the experimentations, and the necessity of the experiments but it seems that in conducting this research Banting was able to isolate insulin, which offered up the next step which
would involve "producing it from pig and cow pancreas, available in bulk from slaughterhouses" (Lauerman, 1999). Such realities in the past have
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