A portion of the population argues that all experimentation on living things is not right, and should be ruled out by strict laws. However. others have faith that experiments done on animals can result in discoveries vital to science. Although not all experimentation on animals can be justified, it has been an important tool to many important discoveries.
Experimentation using animals is facing increasing scrutiny, with arguments of it being unethical due to the harm it causes on the organisms. Animals are unable to consent and thus it is believed that they should not be subjects of any experiment. Additionally, there is a lack of transparency in the methodology of the experiment, it is unknown whether the utmost effort is taken to ensuring the least possible harm on the subject of experiment. Especially for commerical objectives, the ethicalities of sacrificing a living thing for anything else short of utmost importance is highly questioned.
On the other hand, many scientific discoveries have been made that is supported by findings from animal experimentation. A key example is the creation of insulin using rats biology. Medical insulin is a medication used by people affected with diabetes, which is a condition affecting many in the world. Without animal experimentation, this cure would have been otherwise not possible, leading to the death of humans in return. This is the case for many other situations, in which it is necessary for research to aid human life. Additionally, most experiments on animals are now ethical and many others are not harmful, hence it cannot be ruled as bad,
Overall, although many animal experimentations are unnecessary and unethical, it is not fair for it to be outlawed as it is important to vital researches both in the past and future. The absence of this method would possible set back knowledge and research.