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Discuss how far experimental methods on animals can be considered ethical.
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Discuss how far experimental methods on animals can be considered ethical. There are studies that are conducted to benefit animals maybe considered ethical. In some experiments, they are purely observational in which the animals environment is not disturbed and their behaviours not affected. Where there are experiments that involve interactions between the animals and humans, many precautions have to be considered for it to be classifiable as ethical. These include the matter of suffering. Experiments on animals can be acceptable provided they do not undergo severe suffering. If they do encounter pain and distress (which should be the minimal), this must be justified and yield valuable results for use. For example, aggression in some animals can be provoked through the use of a model of another animal or one that can be viewed through a screen. Any anxiety that the animal experiences however, should not affect the way they live and...
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