Some people argue that all experimentation on animals is bad and should be outlawed. However, others believe that important scientific discoveries can be made from animal experiments. Can experimentation on animals be justified? Are there any alternatives? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience.

Over

centuries humans

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centuries, humans

have experimented with many different chemicals, products, and processes, with the final aim of bettering our conditions. Testing products on animals most likely dates back centuries,

however

, in modern society it is a controversial point. Below is an outline of circumstances when it could be considered acceptable and unacceptable.

Firstly

, it is clear that major advances in fighting disease, viruses and illnesses would not have been made without testing products on animals.

This

is because it is inhumane to test the products on healthy human beings,

likewise

using computer modelling to predict reactions is only a recent possibility and still not as reliable as testing on animals.

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Therefore, without

experiments on animals, breakthroughs in medicine would have been impossible, and most would agree the price paid has been worth it.

Conversely

, it could be argued that medical research carried out for mere cosmetic ends is undoubtedly not worth the lives of innocent animals.

This

is largely for two reasons,

firstly

a large body of research is said to have been built up previously from past experiments, and

secondly

there are alternatives

such

as dermatological testing or using natural ingredients.

For example

, retail chains

such

as Lush and The Body Shop have both made fortunes by positioning themselves as natural solutions against animal testing.

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Therefore, due

to the end rationale for testing on animals, and the alternatives available, it is clear it is completely unjustifiable in

this

situation. To conclude animal welfare can be

side-stepped

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

sidestepped

when the situation is threatening humans and computer alternatives are simply too premature.

Nevertheless

, when the research has rather fickle motives and viable alternatives do exist, in these cases the loss of animal’s lives in inexcusable.