Animal testing for medical research and product safety remains a controversial issue. What are the ethical considerations surrounding animal testing, and should it be banned altogether?

There have been many

tests

conducted on

animals

for a variety of products ranging from medical products to cosmetics. Controversies have arisen on the idea of testing

animals

for research purposes. It is easier to justify animal

tests

than testing on humans.

Although

there can be many alternatives to

this

and these alternate solutions need to be developed

further

. Cosmetics can be a certain field where testing on

animals

is used a lot.

This

has been considered as a debate because people believe that these products are unnecessary and

animals

are exploited. It is

also

considered that the end product does not justify the suffering caused by the

animals

. In recent days cosmetics have been developed without the need for animal

tests

.

On the other hand

, new

drugs

are made using

tests

on

animals

. These

drugs

can be used to treat both

animals

and humans.

This

is believed to be the reason that the development of new

drugs

using animal

tests

is justified.

This

is believed to be a subjective argument as human lives are considered more important than

animals

. Some research has been done already which provides the solution of testing on human cells and tissues which can provide similar results.

This

can rapidly reduce animal cruelty and their suffering.Some other options available are computer models. With the emerging era of AI and machine ,learning

this

can be

further

developed which can reduce the need for animal

tests

. In conclusion, we can see that solutions can be developed to completely dissolve animal testing. As some people believe that animal lives are less important than that of humans, I think

this

is not ethical and every living being should be considered the same.

Moreover

, I

also

think that animal testing should not be banned altogether until an alternative is developed because it might lead to a scarcity of medical

drugs

.