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54、动物实验是否应该禁止

　　5.题目 Nowadays animal experiments are widely used to develop new medicines and to test the safety of other products . Some people argue that these experiments should be banned because it is morally wrong to cause animals to suffer , while others are in favour of them because of their benefits to humanity . Discuss both views and give your own opinion .
　　范文：
　　It is true that medicines and other products are routinely tested on animals before they are cleared for human use . While I tend towards the viewpoint that animal testing is morally wrong , I would have to support a limited amount of animal experimentation for the development of medicines .
　　On the one hand , there are clear ethical arguments against animal experimentation . To use a common example of this practice , laboratory mice may be given an illness so that the effectiveness of a new drug can be measured . Opponents of such research argue that humans have no right to subject animals to this kind of trauma , and that the lives of all creatures should be respected . They believe that the benefits to humans do not justify the suffering caused , and that scientists should use alternative methods of research .
　　On the other hand , reliable alternatives to animal experimentation may not always be available . Supporters of the use of animals in medical research believe that a certain amount of suffering on the part of mice or rats can be justified if human lives are saved . They argue that opponents of such research might feel differently if a member of their own families needed a medical treatment that had been developed through the use of animal experimentation . Personally , I agree with the banning of animal testing for non - medical products , but I feel that it may be a necessary evil where new drugs and medical procedures are concerned .
　　In conclusion , it seems to me that it would be wrong to ban testing on animals for vital medical research until equally effective alternatives have been developed .
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