animal testing
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A look at animal testing
A LOOK AT ANIMAL TESTING "They're Pinky and the Brain They're Pinky and the Brain One is a genius; the other's insane They're laboratory mice Their genes have been spliced They're Pinky, they're Pinky and the Brain, Brain Brain, Brain, Brain." This theme song to a popular cartoon is a farce dealing with experiments carried out on animals. In the cartoon one mouse is made very smart and wants to take over the world while the other is clearly not as smart. While the cartoon makes jokes, the reality is that mice and other animals re being used for medical tests every day. For some people this testing brings up ethical questions. One of the biggest questions: is it really necessary to take the lives of animals in the name of science and for the betterment of humanity? For animal rights activists, like would end experimentation on laboratory animals don't understand the importance it. They don't realize that we have came a long way in animal research that has benefited humans tremendously. From bettering human bodies, curing diseases, and saving lives is all due to animal testing. (Hoagland 23) It is very easy to find extreme statements for and against experimentation on animals...