People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Over the years, animal experimentation has been an ongoing debate about whether the procedures meet ethical standards. Animal experimentation is the use of living animals for research purposes to assess the effectiveness of new medicine and consumer products. Animal testing is used towards enhancing products such as cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, food additives, and household cleaners so that toxic encounters do not occur. Animals that are involved in experimental testing experience psychological…

Cody Hayes-Tyler Professor Hinchen English 1302 6/27/17 Animal Experimentation: An Annotated Bibliography Day, Nancy. Animal Experimentation: Cruelty or Science? Hillside, N.J., U.S.A.: Enslow, 1994. Print. Nancy Day discusses the two different viewpoints of the widely debated topic of animal testing and thoroughly talks about the consequences of animal testing and experimentation and also the benefits we gain and build upon. Remaining neutral, she gives the reader a good chance to see where…

the rights and humane treatment of animals but are constantly brushed under the rug because they seem extreme or unreasonable. After watching Okja, I was forced to think about whether or not it is ethical to consume animal products. Before watching this movie, I thought that vegans were crazy and that not eating meat was strange but know I see more of the value in not eating meat. Since the movie I have been a vegan because it was heartbreaking to see the way that the animals were treated and…

Ineffectiveness of Animal Testing in the Medical Field Experimenting on animals for knowledge in the scientific field is not something newly developed. Aristotle in 300 BC was known for dissecting animals and then making hypotheses about what he discovered in their anatomy. Even in current modern society, learning is done through animal experimentation and dissection. Almost as if a rite of passage, most students in high school will dissect either a worm or cat to help with their learning…

Is Animal Testing Worth It? Every year, nearly one hundred million animals --including mice, rats, dogs, monkeys, etc.-- die in many United States laboratories because of cosmetic, medical and biology testing, and experiments that serve no purpose. To understand the true terrors of animal testing, people need to know what animals are going through. Animals in laboratories suffer from day-to-day protocols and laboratory life, many do not even get a chance to experience fresh air or sunshine…

Admittedly, when conducting experiments to test a treatment or to prove something, it usually involves testing on a subject. These subjects are usually animals that were bought by researchers to conduct their experiments. Some of this testing can be done on humans or on animals, but this usually leads to a debate on whether or not ethical to test on animals. This can also referred as an ethical dilemma, which occurs when someone is not able to make a decision due to moral conflicts. Furthermore,…

Animal testing for medical advancement Each of theses four editorials shared a common theme of those for and against animal testing for medical advancements. Three out of the four authors shared their view supporting animal testing, in addition using the history of animal testing to inform and persuade their audience. While only one author expresses their view against using animals to further medical research. Some of these pieces were more effective than others. Beginning with the editorial…

The ethical treatment of animals should be taken more seriously because of the cruelty suffered by animals at amusement events, factories and in the research field. Animals ethics is a term to describe the way the human reacts with the animal and how the animal should properly be treated. Many philosophers believe that since animals doesn’t have the moral judgement that humans have, then anyone can do whatever they want to do them because they don’t know right from wrong. An animal is very…

The Animal Liberation Front and the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are two organizations that fight for the Animal Rights. In 2012, both organizations reacted in a completely opposite manner to the anti-fur fight happening in Toronto. On one hand, the PETA reacted in a pacific way, using charity, by giving fur coat to homeless people, whereas the ALF reacted in an aggressive manner, which involved the vandalism of two stores and a letter mentioning that it was their first attack,…

Animal Experimentation Animal Experimentation has been around since the 1960s. Animal testing has been a routine part of getting shampoos, lotions, lipsticks and many other products on the shelves. There is a public misconception that rats and mice are the only animals being used in experimentation and that the experiments are protected through the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, or the Code of Practice, but we know that neither of these are true. Animal experimentation is a cruel…