
Originally Posted by
dcintel
Some people argue that animals have being been used widely and immorally in a search of new treatment for human beings, while others accept that it should be treated in such that a way that as it brings benefits for humanity. In my opinion, I agree that animals should be used to develop new treatments but it must be limited.
Animals are also living organisms as human being. They also have emotions, fellings such as like, love, hate as we do. Take a dog as an example. When being raised with love and care, they will always return to their owners with happiness and loyalty as often seen from the action of waving tail and cuddling to their owner’s hands. In the opposite case, they will, obviously, bark or even bite if being treated badly. All of us always want to live longer, and I believe animals also expect similarly. So, I understand why some people argue that we should not stop their lives from our experiments.
When existing on earth, humans have been suffering different things, in particularly diseases. If a new medicine treatment cannot be tested on animals due to moral reasons before applying to human beings, the consequences is are indescribable. A clear example would be the cold vaccines. Before the vaccines were discovered, I believe that a thousand of human lives had been suffering, even death. If the vaccines were not rigidly checked thoroughly on mice in laboratory, at least a human life would be badly suffered in case of its side effects, which, of course cause lot of troubles to society. In order to survive, there would be no other options. However, it has been shown recently that lot of animals have been overabused for other purposes outside a medical context. So governments, scientists and other related departments should collaborate tightly to mitigate the loss of animals.
In conclusion, I believe that animals should be used in lab in finding of new treatment that is beneficial for humanity but it should be limited due to moral reasons.