The Need for Animal Experimentation

Reach far into the imagination and vision a world with no vaccines for polio and tetanus; imagine a world with no insulin for diabetes. Imagine a world with no chemotherapy treatment for suffering cancer patients. Thanks to animal experimentation such a world is not representative of today’s society. Although testing is common today, the days of testing without much protest are no longer around. According to Tom Reagan, “If we are sure that animals …showed first 75 words of 1546 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1546 total…alternatives and they all failed (Roush 2). Until there is a sure-fire way to replace animal testing, The only humain option is to continue with it. Alternative methods are incapable of replacing all animal testing because of this fact: Computers and cell cultures cannot completely mimic the complex biochemical interactions that occur in a human. The use of animals in laboratory experiments must continue to ensure the health, and lives of every organism on the planet.