what's wrong with animal testing?

Question

if it wasn't animals it will b humans....soooooo, whats wrong with animal testing

Answer 1

A lot of animals have to suffer for really stupid things like testing make-up or shampoo. In those cases animal testing is just completely unnecessary, there are a lot of good make-up products on the market which have never used animals to test on.

The tests many animals go through are heartbreaking and they suffer a real lot because of those tests.

Check out sites about animaltesting and see if you can stand the cruelty that is been done to them.

http://www.stopanimaltests.com/index.aspx
http://www.animaland.org/asp/realissues/testing.asp

Answer 2

Many believe that animal testing is a form of animal cruelty because of a possibility of certain side effects that might be harmful to the animal. Opponents of animal testing say:

1) the suffering of animals is not worth the benefits
2) animal testing is not beneficial because the human body and its reactions cannot be compared to an animal body
3) it is immoral to take away the rights of the animal and use it in ways that don't help the animal
4) drugs have different effects with animals and humans, and so testing animals is useless and bad science
5) sometimes, animal testing doesn't do anything to help medicine, since some people are doing to get their Ph.D.s, more funding, and college degrees.

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

What's *right* about it? Rabbits don't wear mascara. Rats don't shampoo their hair. There are completely humane alternatives to animal testing. There are sufficient ingredients that are known to be safe for human consumption that testing isn't necessary. Animal testing does not translate perfectly to human subjects: Many types of animals can eat chemicals that would kill humans, yet the animals suffer no ill effects. Dogs can't eat chocolate.

Why not human testing? At least the subjects could give consent. Would you consent to have your head shoved into a vice and drain cleaner poured into your eyes?

Answer 4

I honestly think there is nothing wrong with animal testing. I agree with you 100%. If it wasn't animals it would be humans. Although on the other hand the general population of humans are growing at a tremendous rate, so humans are techniqually animals. So there is nothing wrong with testing on whatever species. That's my final answer. :-)

Answer 5

So why can't it be humans... We're developing medicine for humans not animals... If someone was looking for FIV cure it would be OK to test it on cats, but we use all those animals and it he end, again it has to be tested on human volunteers since not all substances have the same effect on lab animals and on humans...

Answer 6

While my "heart" thinks animal testing is cruel and needless, my "brain" tells me it's just silly. If you are testing the effects of something you plan to use on humans, does it not make sense to test it on HUMANS?

Death row is full of folks who I'm quite certain would be happy to volunteer as human guinea-pigs in exchange for a stay of execution and a chance to perhaps do something useful with their miserable lives.

Answer 7

I support testing them as BBQ, sandwich meat, roasted, baked, fried :-)

Answer 8

why dont you volinteer for testing and you will see