The Negative Effects of Animal Testing

Thesis Statement: The negative effects of animal testing outweighs the positive ones

1. Results in death of humans
a. Drugs that pass animal tests are not necessarily safe
b. Mislead researchers on the possible cures and treatments
2. Waste of resource
a. Animal testing is more expensive compared to alternate methods
b. Animal tests do not reliably predict results in human beings may fail in human clinical
tests
3. Waste the lives of animals
a. The overuse of certain animals due to their similarities with humans in terms of DNA
(e.g. chimpanzees share 99% of their DNA with humans)
b. Can result in extinction