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There are plenty of alternatives to animal testing such as scanning and computer models that can copy a bodies responce to a drug without the need for testing on any life form. Animal testing is morally wrong, any form of life should not have to go through the painful and inhumane lab testing.
clone said:animal testing should be legal if we are actually getting some benefit out of it. for example, if a great drug company comes up with a new drug to cure aids, we should be able to test it on animals.
Hoot said:I'd rather see our prison population used for voluntary testing, in exchange for commutted sentences, then continue to see the unneccessary, barbaric, and evil torture of animals.
There are all kinds of alternatives to animal testing...In-vitro, computers, databases, human clinical trials, animal cells, tissue cultures, cloned human cells, and culture techniques...among many others.
We now have info on human genes and stem cell lines...what's the point of going backwards to animal testing?
Hoot said:People...please...what is this the 1600's...when we burned 'witches' at the stake?
There are all kinds of alternatives to animal testing...In-vitro, computers, databases, human clinical trials, animal cells, tissue cultures, cloned human cells, and culture techniques...among many others.
There's not a research scientist out there that wouldn't agree that anesthesia, or sedating an animal will effect the outcome of any test.
We now have info on human genes and stem cell lines...what's the point of going backwards to animal testing?
I'd rather see our prison population used for voluntary testing, in exchange for commutted sentences, then continue to see the unneccessary, barbaric, and evil torture of animals.
Here's just a few alternatives to the torture of animals...
http://www.geari.org/alternativestest.html
Kelzie said:Wait hold on. Computer testing only works for compounds that we have already tested and entered the data for. If we are testing new drugs, than the computers are useless.
And I completely agree that the animals should be sedated. And I also agree with testing on humans.
Nez Dragon said:I have a solution to using animals for testing. EAT THEM!
Seriously, many drugs require the animal to be awake so that biological functions can be more easily monitored. The different drugs may screw up the test. It is unfortunate, but it is a necessary sacrifice for the good of humanity. There are very few if any alternatives to animal testing, most of which are too expensive, unreliable, etc.
Besides, we eat animals don't we? We is on the top of the food chain!
I agree, death row prisoner experimentation is a good idea. Unfortunately, Hitler did that too. And besides, the Politically Correct Police will NEVER allow such a thing...
Meat FTW!
nerual5 said:Should animals be tested and killed off by lab testing? Should their life be valued any less than a human beings life? Around 2 million animals a year are being used for lab research just in the United States and are being put under stressful situations, and given horrible diseases, just so scientists can view the outcome.
Most of the tests that are done are meaningless. An animals response to a disease or drug can be way different from that of a human being, making the results useless. There have been many instances where a drug would work on an animal but when it is released to the public, death or serious injury occured. Is the testing really saving lives here?
There are plenty of alternatives to animal testing such as scanning and computer models that can copy a bodies responce to a drug without the need for testing on any life form. Animal testing is morally wrong, any form of life should not have to go through the painful and inhumane lab testing.
Animals have no mind or intelligence as we define the terms
nkgupta80 said:Wrong, there are many animals that show intelligence and even reasoning capabilities...but otherwise, yes you're right. We are genetically superior in terms of mental capability and our adaptations.
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