1.Proponents of using animals in medical research point to advances in treatments of human diseases that have followed such experiments. Animal rights activists, however, note that proponents are willing to kill in hopes of preventing human suffering. The

Animals come closest to humans in body composition and chemistry , so that animals by far still make the best guinea pigs to experiment on Where they differ from each other is also useful in learning more about the disease being studied . There are diseases which both human and animals contract . Veterinarians use many drugs that were made for humans . The value and significance of using animals for medical research is undisputable . In 2004 , approximately 2 .7 million animals were used in research ' compared to over 500 million animals consumed as meat in

the UK (AMRC , 2005

It should likewise be noted that the chance of a cat killing animals or birds in a year is 13 times more than an animal used in research for 75 years . Only 7 of dogs are used in research compared to the number that are destroyed and abandoned

Lots of different types of animal are used for medical research , from flies to fish and from mice to monkeys . Smaller animals like worms and flies are not included in the official statistics . In 2004 , 85 of experiments used mice , rats and other rodents . Less than 1 of experiments used dogs , cats , horses or monkeys . 7 of experiments used fish and 4 used birds (AMRC , 2005

Medical research is as important as life itself . Be it to sustain life or to save life , it is a noble endeavor . It needs all the support and the means to continue . Man , in the natural of things is paramount . God , the Creator , gave him dominion over all creation . It is not a choice of Man over Animal , but of Cure over Means . Animals are made to sleep ' to spare them of pain , but just the same they are killed . Will we hold back or will we advance ? Millions have...