animal testing

This week I used various types of social media, such as Twitter and blogs, to further my research on animal testing. I was impressed to find an overwhelming majority of articles and posts violently opposing animal testing. I started off my research by going to the website for the well known animal rights activist group PETA. The first article I came across on PETA’s blog was basically an informative report about the new strides Israel has made in eradicating animal testing. About a week ago, Israel banned products that test on animals.

My most recent research led me to an article titled, “Of Cures and Creatures Great and Small”. Written by two students from Santa Clara University this piece debates both sides of the ethical dilemma that is animal testing. The paper has a strong third person passive voice throughout as it fully explains the feelings on either side. But whether intended or not, the overwhelming conclusion drawn from this article is that animals feel pain and do suffer similarly to human beings and that any living thing deserves to be respected.

Animal Testing. Does it save lives, or steal innocent ones? According to an article from “The Ethics of Medical Testing” titled, “Using Animals for Medical Testing Is Unethical and Unnecessary” forty-two percent of Americans are opposed to animal testing but the other fifty-eight percent of Americans only support it because they believe that findings from medical testing save lives. Well, according to this article, that other fifty-eight percent may need to re-evaluate their views.