Animal Rights Should Not Be Banned - 1290 Words

Animal Rights There she sits in her favorite restaurant at her favorite steak house ordering her most favorite meal, steak. It s hunting season and he has been waiting all year to go deer hunting with his father and he just can t wait. The 8 year old girl goes to the doctor sick and discovers she has diabetes. In order to live, she has to inject herself with insulin everyday for the rest of her life. If animal rights is a law then we wouldn t have the luxury of any of these things. Although animals deserve welfare to protect them, animals should not be allowed to have rights because they are essential to medical research, nutrition, and if we didn t consume and use animals there would be an over abundance of them. Laws Animals†¦show more content†¦The law passed by the United States in 1966 places strict laws on animal testing as well. These laws are important for keeping our animals safe and they are very strongly enforced. There is also a human welfare act that puts special protections on animals such as cats and dogs. Medical advances Although animals should never be allowed for cosmetic research, using them for medical research and advances is essential. The medical advances that have been made because of animal testing are mind blowing. Without animal testing, medicine would not exist. Animal testing has helped us discover many treatments to cancer, infections, vaccines for viruses and surgeries.The reason for successful organ transplants in humans are because it was tested out on animals first. For example vaccines have been discovered for smallpox, and polio. In 1980 smallpox was eradicated forever. The deadly disease diabetes kills 29.1 million people a year. Without help of dogs and fish for the invention of insulin, the number of deaths would be a lot higher than they are now. Animals are helping scientists better understand uncured diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, and typhus. Hopefully soon these diseases will have a cure but without