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Medicines have been routinely tested on animals by research facilities for many years. Personally, though I do not believe in the testing of products on animals, I think there is a clear argument for research-based experimentation on animals for medical purposes.
There are many people feel that experimentation on living subjects is morally wrong, no matter the benefit. Opponents of animal testing cite the suffering and trauma inflicted on living creatures for sometimes dubious benefits. One of the most well-known examples is the infection of laboratory mice and rhesus monkeys with diseases—many of them painful and deadly—for the purpose of testing new pharmaceutical treatments. Their argument is that the lives of all living creatures should be respected.
Countering this argument, however, many people believe that there are no viable methods to conduct research on new and potentially life-saving drugs without animal testing. They believe that the pain inflicted upon laboratory animals is a small price to pay for the potential benefit to humanity. They argue that, opponents of such research may feel differently about the need for animal experimentation, if one of their family members was suddenly inflicted with a deadly or chronic disease. While I do not believe in the use of animal-based research for non-medical purposes such as cosmetic research, I feel that it may be a necessary evil when testing new formulas for life-saving drugs and other necessary medical procedures.
In conclusion, while I can see the moral viewpoint of people who disagree with animal-based experimentation, I feel that it would be irresponsible to ban it until a proper alternative has been developed .
研究机构多年来一直都定期地在动物身上进行药品检测。虽然我个人不赞成在动物身上进行产品实验，但我认为有明确的理由支持以医学研究为目的的动物实验。
有很多人认为，不管是否有好处，活体实验在道德上是错误的。动物实验的反对者指出，让动物遭受痛苦和伤害，有时只是为了所谓的“好处”。其中一个最著名的例子就是为了测试新药的疗效而让实验室的小鼠和猕猴感染疾病——其中许多疾病是痛苦的、致命的。他们认为所有生物的生命都应该得到尊重。
然而，很多人反对这个观点，他们认为没有动物实验就没有可行的方法进行新的药物研究，以挽救人的生命。他们认为，相比可能给人类带来的利益，让实验动物遭受痛苦只是一个很小的代价。他们指出，如果反对者的家人突然患上致命的或慢性疾病，他们对动物实验的必要性可能就会有不同的感受。虽然我不赞成进行化妆品等非医学方面的动物研究，但我认为动物实验对于检测用以挽救生命的医药新配方和其他必要的医疗程序是必不可少的。
总之，虽然我能理解那些动物实验的反对者们提出的道德观点，但我认为，在研究出合适的替代方法之前，禁止动物实验是不负责任的。