What are the arguments for and against using abandoned dogs forsurgery practice, in veterinary?
Veterinarians should give a decent treatment to animals, not only as physicians but also as humans.
In the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, there are specific facilities for the abandoned dogs that are destined to give practical training for surgery class. Dogs are used to give a practical approach to the proper handling that must be performed in a surgery, and then they are given a merciful death
Welfare, care and protection of animals is a very serious issue, because they involve actions on living beings of inherent worth, that´s why according to the possibilities, we have to provide the best treatment possible for the greatest number of animals.
Mexico City has five million dogs, of which 75% end up in the streets; this reflects the lack of education in our country: it is believed that many of the problems about animal overpopulation must be due to the environment that surrounds our society, like the absence of culture and the inefficiency that we have to regulate our conduct social
Arguments for:
· Dogs would not die, on the streets of starvation or by being hit, instead they will
have a merciful death
· Their lives will improve our surgical skills
· Dogs would be worse off, if they were in the municipal kennel or in the streets, somehow do not lack food or shelter so you could say that their quality of life is better
Arguments against:
· In D.F exists an official norm that prohibits the use of abandoned dogs for
experimentation or teaching, so many of them are “transferred” to de FMVZ from
other states, that´s why the dogs suffer during the process of moving and stay
· There is an inadequate treatment for the dogs, because of the inexistent training that
is offered to employees by our faculty
Conclusion:
In my opinion it is morally right to be allowed to use dogs lives for surgery practice, because this situation promotes an integral education so, veterinarians would be able to learn more and have practice to help animals, in an efficient way, but we mustn’t forget the good treatment that veterinarians have to provide to the abandoned dogs.
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