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Some people argue that each individual animal has an intrinsic right to survival.

Should this right extend to plants and microorganisms? What about the Anopheles mosquito, which transmits malaria? Tigers that sometimes kill people in India? Bacteria that cause typhoid fever? Defend your position.

Is it right to use animals for teaching and research? Justify your answer.

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Should this right extend to plants and microorganisms? What about the Anopheles mosquito, which transmits malaria? Tigers that sometimes kill people in India? Bacteria that cause typhoid fever? Defend your position.

Yes, although these organisms harm humans, they are only doing what nature has selected them to do. According to Darwin's theory, the fittest will survive. The fact that humans are defenseless against some of the smallest organisms on earth like bacteria and viruses indicates just how feeble and insignificant we are in the big picture. If something has been selected by nature to survive, then that organism has the fundamental right and the opportunity to survive. That ...

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