Question

Summarize two of the most common arguments made by animal rights advocates to support the discontinuation of animals in research.

Answer 1

Animals suffer from pain and fear. Humans owe animals an obligation. Animal rights supersede human intentions and interests. Many research labs violate ethical standards for the care and use of animals. Animals cannot be owned any more than people can be owned. Animal research is never conclusive because any successful animal-based treatment will have to be tested again on humans. The use of animals in research creates a market for unethical animal breeding.

Answer 2

Animal rights is the idea that some, or all, non-human animals are entitled to the possession of their own lives and that their most basic interests—such as the need to avoid suffering—should be afforded the same consideration as similar interests of human beings. They maintain that animals should no longer be viewed as property or used as food, clothing, research subjects, entertainment, or beasts of burden.