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Your Name

Michael Darling

MD3 Academic Writing

May 18, 2013

Should Animals Be Used for Research?

A)  INTRODUCTION

1-  Hook: plague - SARS - no treatment?

2-  Background:

  2nd and 4th centuries BCE

  Practiced by Arabic physician in 12th-century

(“Animal testing”) 

3-  Thesis statement: Although it is thought that laboratory animals are not

 justified, animals should be used for research because there are no alternatives,

animals more efficient than humans, and they do not feel discomfort.

B) BODY 1

- Opposing argument: animals are tortured

- Rebuttal: Animals do not feel pain due to  painkillers

 Regulations and rules

  Minimize pain as possible

  Use when necessary only

(“Ethical Justification”) (“AWA Regulations”) 

C) BODY 2

- Opposing argument: use other alternatives

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- Rebuttal: Animals are essential for medical researches (Hobson-West)

 Treatment for severe human and animal diseases (“Development”) 

  Best results

  Similar to humans (unlike other non-human sources)

(Blakemore)

D) BODY 3

- Opposing argument: use humans for human research (Walker)

- Rebuttal: Humans cannot be used as efficiently as animals

 Animals are faster 

  Shorter lives

  Faster results

  Breed faster 

 Humans are not efficient enough

  Limited volunteers

  More expensive

  Cannot be controlled

(Blakemore) 

E) CONCLUSION

- A lot of diseases require treatment.

- The advantages more than drawbacks.

- Useful researches for both animals and humans

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