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Animal Experimentation: A Prevailing Question of Human Ethics and Morality

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Animal Experimentation: A Prevailing Question of Human Ethics and Morality

Animals have been the loyal companions to humans since the beginning of time. Americans collaboratively own ''90.5 million cats, 73.9 million dogs, 16.6 million birds, 11 million reptiles and 18.2 million small animals'[and] 63 percent of U.S, homes have at least one pet'(3A). However, animals often become the silent subjects to laboratory experiments. For thousands of years, animals have been the subjects of scientific experimentation. Experiments date back as far as the third century when Erasistratus of Alexandra conducted tests on animals to learn about the functions of the body (4C). Currently, ''millions of birds, cats, dogs'mice, monkeys, rats and rabbits'are subjected to a wide variety of experiments' (1C). Animal testing is broken into three different types: toxicity ...

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