Animals have been used in medical research for centuries. In a recent count, it was determined that 8815 animals were being used for research at MSU, 8503 of them were rats, mice, hamsters, and gerbils. The strugle against animal research has been one of the most debatable issues of the decade. Even though most researchers need to do experiments on animals in order to achieve medical advances, animal research should not be allowed because it is cruel …showed first 75 words of 573 total…

…showed last 75 words of 573 total…life, you are preaching reverence for life, period. And violence is the opposite of reverence for life", said Liska O'Connor in the same book. Most of what we do to animals we would not do to people. This is only because humans have rights, the same rights we keep taking away from animals. Because it's cruel and inhumane, it's not always accurate, and often unnecessary, you can see why animal research should not be allowed.