Studies on Subjecting Animals to Intrusive Testing in Science Research

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Studies on Subjecting Animals to Intrusive Testing in Science Research
Introduction
It is no longer reasonable or essential to subject animals to intrusive testing considering
the development that have happened in technology and medicine. I strongly agree with this
statement and I would highly advise researchers and scientists to apply the other alternative
testing techniques. In the world, we are living today technology has advanced and it can be
applied in the form of simulation programs and modeling to test drugs and substances instead of
subjecting animals to this cruel and hostile treatment. Since the period where humans started
looking for cure and treatment of various ailments, they have used animals in their research. The
early Greek scientists such as Erasistratus (304 -258BC) and Aristotle (384 – 322BC) performed
several experiments on living animals during their research work. Subjecting animals to testing is
very harmful since it the animals are exposed to toxic chemical substances and radiation (Adams,
2018). The animals are used instead of humans and it is mostly animals whose genetic makeup
closely resembles that of humans that suffer this inhumane treatment.
In this new era where technology has advanced, doctors should use alternative testing
techniques instead of subjecting animals to intrusive testing. This paper is a discussion of why
the practice of intrusive testing of animals during research and education should stop. The
animals are living organisms with feelings, although they cannot express them, researchers and
scientists should not intentionally harm them by testing new drugs on them (Mak et al, 2014,
p114). The advanced technology can be used to develop simulation programs that can give an
accurate representation of how a certain drug will work.

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Discussion
The main reason scientists and researchers test drugs and chemicals on animals is to
ensure that humans are safe and they won't experience lethal effects of drugs. Scientists argue
that they have no intention of hurting animals during the experiments they are only trying to
ensure that the drugs they develop will be safe for human consumption. In the past, this excuse
could be accepted since the scientists did not have alternative ways to test their drugs and
animals seemed to be the most appropriate choice. However, with the advancement of
technology doctors can successfully test and analyze the performance of a drug without
necessarily doing harm to the animal. It is really unethical for a scientist to infect an animal with
a disease with the aim of checking if his invented drug will cure the disease. There are concerns
that the drug may not work on the animal or it might have harmful side effects. To avoid all this
we should encourage the use of technology to test new drugs. The animals cannot express their
feelings and don't have free will, therefore, the scientists normally exploit them by testing toxic
substances on them (Singer, 2017, p 10). In 1975 the Society for Protection and Care of Animals
(SPCA) started an initiative to stop research performed on animals. These science research
procedures cause both physical and mental pain and stress to the animals and this should be an
important concern from an ethical point of view.
Doctors and scientists believe that testing drugs on animals is the best way to determine
is a drug is going to work and also determine any possible behavior the drug can catalyze. In this
case, the humans who are the main target of the drug will be safe from any side effects of the
drug. However, the animal will have to suffer any failure of the drug for the sake of humans. As
much as we consider human race to be superior to the other species, we should not subject them
to hostility even in situations where alternatives exist. I strongly recommend the doctors and