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Research into Animal Experimentation

01/06/15

While the experimentation on animals greatly improves the progression of medicine, it is also seen as unethical due to the fact that the experiments induce pains to the animals and also reduce the quality of their life. 

The people who conduct the experiments are well aware of the morals involved, however, and agree that animals would not be used if there were another method that would produce the same results. Tests are made as humane as possible.

A ban in animal testing would either result in the use of humans as test subjects, or an end to drugs testing.

Arguments against animal testing:

- Animals suffer

- There are no proven benefits to humans

There are possible replacements to experimentation on animals such as:

- Experimenting on cell cultures instead of whole animals

- Using computer models

- Studying human volunteers

- Using epidemiological studies

Animal Experiments and Animal rights:

The issue of animal experimentation is simple if we accept animals have rights. If animals have rights, and an experiments violates said rights, it is then morally wrong. If the rights are violated, the benefits to humans are then irrelevant, because it is never rights to violate rights.

Justifying Animal Experimentation:

Those in favour of animal testing say that the good done through the experiments outweigh the harm done to animals, however this argument cannot be fully justified, as some suffering cause is beyond the benefits to humans, even if the results are exceptionally valuable.

Many countries have banned animal testing, and many companies are against animal testing, and campaign against it, as well as promote animal cruelty free goods, however, in medical terms, it is still a prominent factor is the progression of medication.

BBC Animal Testing/ Experimentation

Prominent cases in Animal Testing:

The Multi-Dog (1950):

The Multi-Dog

A soviet scientist named Vladimir Demikhov pioneered the field organ transplant by using dogs. In an infamous experiment, he fashioned a multi-dog. In this experiment, he removed most of a small puppies body and grafted the head and forelegs to the neck of an adult dog. Enough blood was pumped around both the large dog and the small puppy's head from the large dogs heart. When the small puppy woke, the larger dog first tree shaking it off.

Both dogs kept their own personalities post surgery. 

When the smaller puppy became thirsty, the host dog would drink, and when the puppy got hot, the host dog would leave it's tongue to to cool both off.

Six days after the experiment, both heads and the common body died.

EarMouse (1997)

In 1997, Charles Vacanti created an ear of the back of a lab rodent. The ear could not hear anything, as it was just a tissue structure that protruded from the rat back. The ear was grown by seeding human cartilage tissue cells into a biodegradable mold. This stunt was to demonstrate a potential method in cartilage transplantations into human patients. 

How This Research Will Relate To My Idea:

My main goal with this project is to create a shock factor, or something that will disgust people when they look at it. Animal testing is a huge and important factor in todays society and many groups, such as PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) have been in full swing, trying to expose animal testing and to promote animal rights. PETA, like me, aim to use the shock factor to disgust people with what is happening to get their point across. A shock factor is key in the promotion of their ideals. I also aim to use the shock factor to disgust people into believing that the hoax I have created is real, which, at the same time, will also promote Animal rights.