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?

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?

To check whether a product or procedure is suitable for human consumption, or not, is clinically tried on animals. This system is widely debatable; some say this is necessary and justified, while others disagree and suggest alternatives. Thus,  to reach a justified conclusion an imperative analysis is required.

To start with, this process is deemed to be necessary to ensure that humans do not have to suffer the consequences of unknown reactions of hazardous chemicals. If animals were not used in laboratories, it would become complicated to judge the consequences of a product and its use might jeopardize lives of people. 

In addition, the animals used in these tests are not exotic, are found in significant numbers, and are otherwise killed in other ways because they are considered pests and eliminated in millions every year. For instance, rats and monkeys, usually used as test subjects, are poisoned or shot by either farmers, municipalities and even people annually; they present a threat to human food, health and habitats. Therefore, it is quite justified to use them for clinical procedures.     

However, animal activists criticize this practice and profess that animals are the creation of nature, and humans do not have any right to harm them, or kill them, or cause them misery in any way. Nevertheless, even though many suggest using computer-aided simulation and human tissue cloning as alternatives to this, their reliability is highly questionable because they are in their infant stage and need more development. Thus, until then testing on animals must continue. 

In conclusion, I would say that animal testing is inevitable and plays a crucial role in scientific discoveries. However, to make this process more sophisticated and relieve animals of the pain of experiments, development of other ways should be speeded up.