A chimpanzee is perhaps the animal most closely related to humans; but instead of treating the animal with love and respect, we subject it to cruel and inhumane scientific and medical experiments to further human development. What a cruel fate for the unfortunate chimpanzee. Or perhaps, in life as in the jungle it is survival of the fittest, and so, as the most intelligent animal we are just exercising our right to dominate and use other animals as we wish.
For many people the issue of using animals for science is black and white; either very pro-animal rights, or very much in favour of using animals since we are the highest level creature. On the one hand, some people say that subjecting animals to pain and torture is truly barbaric; higher-level animals share with us feelings, thoughts and behaviors and so we should look after them and respect them. They may also feel that if we are so unsure about the effects of a drug for example then we should do further chemical testing before doing live and sometimes cruel animal testing.
Others, however, believe that we must use animals for the benefit of our own species (humans); to test drugs, cosmetics and new developments in science which will provide a safer and better lifestyle for us. Very few people are inherently cruel, but they still believe it is either them or us; it is better to test the drugs on a monkey rather than on a person.
Being cruel for the sake of being cruel and with no tangible results to show for it is definitely stepping over a boundary of acceptable behavior, but at other times if the benefits of the research are explicit, tangible and valuable then I feel that the research is justified.
A chimpanzee is perhaps the
animal
most
closely
related to humans;
but
instead
of treating the
animal
with
love
and respect, we subject it to
cruel
and inhumane scientific and medical experiments to
further
human development. What a
cruel
fate for the unfortunate chimpanzee. Or perhaps, in life as in the jungle it is survival of the fittest, and
so
, as the most intelligent
animal
we are
just
exercising our right to dominate and
use
other
animals
as we wish.
For
many
people
the issue of using
animals
for science is black and white; either
very
pro-animal rights, or
very
much in
favour
of using
animals
since we are the highest level creature. On the one hand,
some
people
say that subjecting
animals
to pain and torture is
truly
barbaric; higher-level
animals
share with us feelings, thoughts and
behaviors and
so
we should look after them and respect them. They may
also
feel that if we are
so
unsure about the effects of a drug
for example
then we should do
further
chemical testing
before
doing
live
and
sometimes
cruel
animal
testing.
Others,
however
, believe that we
must
use
animals
for the benefit of our
own
species (humans); to
test
drugs, cosmetics and new developments in science which will provide a safer and better lifestyle for us.
Very
few
people
are
inherently
cruel
,
but
they
still
believe it is either them or us; it is better to
test
the drugs on a monkey
rather
than on a person.
Being
cruel
for the sake of being
cruel
and with no tangible results to
show
for it is definitely stepping over a boundary of acceptable behavior,
but
at other times if the benefits of the research are explicit, tangible and valuable then I feel that the research
is justified
.