Medicinal Animal Testing
Animals, monkeys, dogs, rabbits, fish, and more, common cheap and often bred to provide scientists in the medical field with an easily accessible test subject for clinical trials, while clinical testing helps to develop medical science and find cures, how ethical is it to use animals for human gain.

Conduct clinical testing for medicines

Mice, fish, and birds are the
bulk of the animals used (biotic)

ITR Laboratories also believes in
ethical treatment of animals and
applies the 3R Princicple

Lab equipment such as blood pressure machines, lab centrifuges, lab balances, lab pipettes are used (abiotic)

Other technology such as laptops aid in recording data (abiotic)

Technology is used to maintain website
(abiotic)

environment with lots of knowledgeable individuals (abiotic)

Diverse team of individuals (abiotic)

maybe profitable to do these clinical trials (abiotic)

people working include vets, technicians, researchers (abiotic)

Large quantities of water are often
used in laboratories (abiotic)

High energy consumption from
lab equipment, carbon footprint (abiotic)

Possibility of environmental hazards such as fire
incidents or chemical spills (abiotic)

Lab waste from testing may be created, syringes, plastic cover, single use gloves, single use masks

Contributes to land waste

May often use harsh chemicals that may create toxic
waste
(abiotic)t

medications must begin testing on animals before humans for ethical reasons (abiotic)

the FDA mandates proof of clinical trials or testing on animals for the medication (abiotic)

technology is in the works to stop/end animal testing? (abiotic)

Lab equipment such as blood pressure machines, lab centrifuges, lab balances, lab pipettes are approved by FDA (abiotic)

-blood pressure cups (abiotic)

-scanning machines (abiotic)

-X-rays (abiotic)

Society requires a lot of medications to live

Supplies governmental jobs for many (abiotic)

people trust the FDA (abiotic)

this agency regulates access to medicines that society often needs, for example

an environment where all medication must have been tested on animals (biotic)

the FDA is required to determine if actions from major agencies they approve will significantly impact humans under NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) (biotic)

Animal testing must mean there is no other way (abiotic)

Medicine must be tesetd on animals (biotic0

-health care indirectly creates some waste through packaged materials (abiotic)

They state it is only okay to use animals if their
use will provide signifiant biological advancements (biotic)

they mention even electric shock is
permissable in certain instances (abiotic)

The CCAC acknowledges that there is often a need
to use animals as it would be ethically irresponsible to
test on humans before animals

The animals most tested on in recent data, 2019 is
30.5% mice, 26.2% birds and 19.9% fish (biotic)

The CCAC strongly believes in the 3R principle ethics
when it comes to clinical trials and or testing on animals
(abiotic)

replace, reduce, refine

Uses online website to answer FAQ, share data,
maintain records (abiotic)

The website allows transparency with the
public, CCAC has recently been sharing
less data for undisclosed reasons (abiotic)

As society progresses the push for
animal welfare continues, with social media campaigns
calling on bigger groups to take action like the CCAC (abiotic)

All groups that the CCAC approve that test
on animals must provide a environment
that the animal needs to thrive (biotic)

For a guinea pig this may be a large
box with shavings to hide incase
the pig gets scared (abiotic)

Rabbits are often grouped together
due to the nature of their species, they
have areas to hide and places to climb
(abiotic)

Environmentally enrichment for monkeys may be
a fulfilled and vast diet and treats such as jello
(abiotic)

argues that due to the major biological differences between animals and humans, testing on them will not be beneficial to humans, as they will react differently than us (biotic)

it is not needed if there is no relevancy of the results (abiotic)

discussing the endocrine disruptor screening program EDSP will generate inefficient data (abiotic)

they state that there is extensive research documenting the failure of animal-based studies to predict human reactions to the exposition of chemicals (abiotic)

often times higher irrelevant doses are given to animals that lead to wrongful conclusions (abiotic)

they state that there are other alternatives to animal testing backed by scientists (abiotic)

peta recognizes that some testing is required by law (abiotic) (FDA HAS POWER)

Computer technology that replicates organs should be used instead they say (abiotic)

PETA educates through the internet, publishing documents, short messages, posts videos (abiotic)

Instagram
Website
Twitter
Facebook
Tiktok
Youtube

People who support PETA are usually vegan, or plant based (biotic)

stereotypes are often associated with these people (biotic)

They do not support any kind of animal testing

Notoriously identifiable (abiotic)

PETA has been known for going over the top in some cases (abiotic)

Educates public about animal abuse (abiotic)

PETA wants to make sure no
animals are harmed so as to not
disturb the environment (biotic)

They want to create a sense
of environmental caution, they want people
to think about how they affect the environment through
their connection with animal products and byproducts (biotic)

Removing animals from the wild for testing is harmful
to nature and the food system (biotic)

Taking abandoned animals from shelters to test on creates
harmful and upsetting environments PETA fights against (biotic)

There are detrimental effects to animal testing, lab waste, disruption of ecosystems (abiotic)