PROS

Of animal testing.

CONS
Of animal
testing.

Animal research and testing has played a

part in almost every medical breakthrough of
the last century. It has saved hundreds of
millions of lives worldwide... Former UK
Home Office minister Joan Ryan.

In animal testing, countless animals

are experimented on and then killed
after their use. Others are injured and
will still live the remainder of their
lives in captivity.

(http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.
uk/about-us/science-action-network/fortyreasons-why-we-need-animals-in-research/)
This is a reliable source due to it being quoted
by Former UK Home Office minister Joan Ryan.
(politician)
Animal research has helped develop modern
vaccines including those against Polio, TB,
Meningitis and, recently, the human
papillomavirus (HPV) which has been linked to
cervical cancer.

(http://www.aboutanimaltesting.co.uk
/using-animals-testing-pros-versuscons.html)
This source is seen as reliable as it
contains information said by animal
testing researchers.
Its bad science. The Food and Drug
Administration reports that 92 out of
every 100 drugs that pass animal
tests fail on humans.

(http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.
uk/about-us/science-action-network/fortyreasons-why-we-need-animals-in-research/)
This is a reliable source as it is taken from the
Official Understanding Animal Research
website, used to help thousands of people
understand animal testing.

Herceptin a humanised mouse protein has

helped to increase the survival rate of those
with breast cancer; it could not have been
attained without animal research in mice.
(http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.
uk/about-us/science-action-network/fortyreasons-why-we-need-animals-in-research/)
This is reliable as the source has been taken
from an official and very reliable website has
been created by animal testers/scientists to
show the positives of animal testing.

helps ensure safety of drugs:

Drugs in particular can carry significant

(http://www.peta.org/blog/top-fivereasons-stop-animal-testing/)

We have enslaved the rest of the

animal creation, and have treated our
distant cousins in fur and feathers so
badly that beyond doubt, if they were
able to formulate a religion, they
would depict the Devil in human
form. ~William Ralph Inge, Outspoken
Essays.
(http://www.quotegarden.com/arights.html)
This is reliable as it was a quote
mentioned by an author and priest in
the 1922.
Man is the only creature that
consumes without producing. He does

dangers with their use but animal testing

allows researchers to initially gauge the safety
of drugs prior to commencing trials on
humans. This means that human harm is
reduced and human lives are saved not
simply from avoidance of the dangers

not give milk, he does not lay eggs,

he is too weak to pull the plough, he
cannot run fast enough to catch
rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the
animals. ~George Orwell, Animal
Farm

(http://www.aboutanimaltesting.co.uk/usinganimals-testing-pros-versus-cons.html)
This source is reliable as it contains
information which is once again written by
animal testers/scientists.

(http://www.quotegarden.com/arights.html)
This is once again another quote used
to make people think twice about the
way they treat animals. It was written
by George Orwell, a journalist in the
1940s.
A newly developed technology
created by professor James Hickman,
at the University of Central Florida,
mimics standard human muscular
function which allows researchers to
monitor muscular function and its
response to different treatments
without using human or animal
subjects.

Alternative methods of testing do not simulate

humans in the same way
Scientists typically use animals for testing
purposes because they are considered similar
to humans. As such, researchers do recognise
the limitations and differences but the testing
is done on animals because they are thought
to be the closest match and best one with
regards to applying this data to humans.
(http://www.aboutanimaltesting.co.uk/usinganimals-testing-pros-versus-cons.html)
This is once again reliable as it is a website I
have previously used that contains
information said by animal testers/scientists.

(http://www.onegreenplanet.org/anim
alsand nature /5-reasons-testing-onanimals-makes-no- sense/)
This website is reliable as it has been
written/said by a famous scientist. I
later researched into this machine to
find out it has been invented and It is
real.