Essay Archive - Medical Testing On Animals
Medical Testing On Animals
Animals have been used in medical research for centuries. In a recent
count, it was determined that 8,815 animals were being used for research at
MSU, 8,503 of them rodents - rats, mice, hamsters and gerbils. There were
18 dogs, three cats and a variety of goats, ferrets, pigeons and rabbits.
The struggle against this tyranny is a struggle as important as any of the
moral and social issues that have been fought over in recent years." Animal
rights are an emotional issue-second only, perhaps, to the bitter abortion
debate." For decades the value of animal research has bee....
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