Log #2

Animal Testing

        What comes to your mind when you think of animals? Is it chicken, cows, or pigs since they are in our everyday meals? Or, is it mice, rats, monkeys because they are being experimented to meet human’s needs in medicine? Actually, more than 100 million animals worldwide are killed each year for medical testing. Some people are for animal testing, believing that it will help develop new medicine; others are against medical training, considering that it is inhuman.

        People who are for animal testing say that not only human but also animals themselves get the benefits from it. It’s best if the medicine tested in animals can also be applied in human body. For medicine which is unable to be consumed in human body, it might possibly be effective for animals’ diseases. Furthermore, unclaimed animals in shelters can be used in laboratory, as well. For one thing, this way can reduce the number of stray animals in shelters. For the other, it can help medical industry to cultivate new life-saving drugs.

        Others who are against animal testing consider that animals are a lot different from human beings in terms of cells or issues. Thus, the medicine is not reliable. In addition, it is immoral to do animal testing because animals still have right not to be caged or confined. Human don’t want to be regulated, not to mention animals that originally live in the wild. Moreover, when experimented, animals need to endure painful procedure. What’s worse, they may die from the process of testing.

        Frankly speaking, I still don’t know which side to support. Both have their rational reasons. I will keep tracking and investigating, hoping to find out more information that can help me make a decision.