Arguments in favor of Animal Experiments
Kennedy Mealy
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Human life is greater than animal life
Experiments provide a wealth of useful information that could not be found in any other way
Animal suffering is limited and controlled by the law
Medicines have been developed from the testing. foe example; vaccines to fight rabies and polio
Aniaml experiments have been the most effective way to test for new medical cures because animals are so alike to humans
Animal experiments have saved many peoples lives and has led to the discovery of many new cures for illnesses.
Human life is worth more than an animal life. animal lives must be taken in order to save a human life.
Millions of animals are killed for food every year - if anything, medical research is a more worthy death.
Thomas Aquinas (1224-1274) argued that animals exist simply for humans to use as they see fit. in his work Summa Contra Gentiles (c. 1260) he stated that the crule treatment of animals is only wrong because it usually leads us to treating other humans badly as well