Animals should be used in experimentation because we need to identify appropriate drugs in suitable doses and combinations to expand our understanding of viral infections. They provide us with the valuable information about the complex interactions that occur in a living organism. Animal research has been and continues to be essential for development of new medicines. Nobody wants to use animals for research but it would be much worse to let People be ill, in pain or die unnecessarily.

Computers and test tube research provides some of the necessary information, in Addition, scientists need to study the effects of a medicine in carefully designed animal studies. Only then could doctors justify testing medicines in people. Animal research gives scientist a good indication of what to expect in Patients so that the human studies can be conducted safely. But even years of studies involving thousands of patients cannot guarantee that a medicine is safe for everyone. The contribution of these methods is increasing all the time but it will be a long time, before it will be possible to mimic all the functions of a complete living body by computer or in a test tube.

Most scientists care a great deal about the animals. The reason why these scientists take good care of the animals is because of strict laws for animal research. Even the scientists do not want to conduct these types of researches but they have to, because animals give essential guidance about the effects of medicines in people. Prevention is always better than cure. We should prevent illness where we can, because, the more we are going to prevent illness, the less research work will be done on animals.

Animal rights proponents say that animal research produces useless results and they also say that animal research is painful. However, latest statistics show that 92% of research animals experience no pain, or have it relieved. The claim that animal research is useless is discredited by the crucial role it has played in developing treatments for numerous infectious diseases and chronic conditions, including Cancer, Coronary Heart Disease, Diabetes, Measles, Polio and Smallpox. Medical breakthroughs generated through animal research include coronary by pass surgery, heart transplants and open-heart surgery.

In the end, I would like to say that in order to find treatments and cures for diseases that plague mankind, researchers must be free from unnecessary regulations and laws. Reasonable people agree that animals should be treated humanely. But our concern for animals should not allow us fall prey to false arguments of animal abuse or useless research, because our lives and the lives of those we love depend on it.