Animal Experiments And Its Effects On Human Suffering And...

Some people support animal experiment and believed the results of those testings can ease human suffering and improve the quality of human life (Kruse, 2001). Many medical achievements in the past century have depended directly or indirectly on animal researches. The develop of the treatment of diabetes, leukaemia and heart surgery transplants have been made possible largely through the use of animals in scientific researches. And 90% of the public accepted the need for the use of animals when certain research conditions were met, including no unnecessary pain and suffering of animals, the research is for serious medical or life-saving purposes, and there is no reliable and informative alternative to the testing. All researches needed to†¦show more content†¦Also, using animals in research may wasting money and resources. According to the Cruelty Free International, 95% of drugs fail in human trials despite promising results in animal tests which suggest the results from ani mal testing may unreliable, and the US drug industry invests 50 billion US dollar per year in research, but the approval rate of new drugs is the same as it was 50 years ago. Beside these, animals have a physiologically different with humans, they do not get some of the diseases that human do, for example Parkinson’s disease, major types of heart disease, many types of cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, HIV and schizophrenia. And using animals in medicine research may caused fatal dangerous. For example, Vioxx (drug used to treat arthritis) was tested on monkeys and five other animal species and found to be safe, but has been caused around 320,000 heart attacks and strokes, and 140,000 deaths worldwide. Because of the different perception on support or refuse animal experiment, conflict happened between organisations, people and government (Cruelty Free International). Most animal welfare groups willing to work with researchers to improve the conditions for animals in laboratories and to promote animal right concept with gentle action, for example peaceful demonstrations