The Scientists are doing experiments on the animals.. So human life is more precious than animals?

Question

I also hate to admit that, but is there any other choices? if the scientists don't do experiments, there won't be any new discoveries and improvements in sciences.
But we all know that animals also have feelings and they are also lives. How shall we do about it?

Answer 1

Unfortunately there's no other way. Imagine if you washed your hair with a new shampoo and it burned your eyes and blinded you. That doesn't happen because they put the stuff into animals eyes to test it. All drugs have a LD50 rating. That's the Lethal Dose needed to kill 50% of animals tested, usually several hundred animals. That tells us how poisonous a drug or chemical is. Otherwise people could be poisoned. It's horrible but there isn't another way.

BTW, Millions of animals are slaughtered every day around the world for food for humans. Billions of chickens and pigs are caged in tiny enclosures to produce eggs and meat for us. Experimental animal deaths are nothing compared to those killed for eating. Human race is like an enormous mouth devouring every animal it can find in its sight. Have you heard the Japanese are pushing to kill more and more species of endangered whales.

Answer 2

Though I guess we feel there may be a need for testing on animals, we have to remember, animals kill for a reason, to eat. I feel strongly that we should test on the sub humans, people that tortured others for their own gratification, such as paedophiles or anyone that hurts innocent children, these people are not human and therefore be used for something like this, this type of testing is probably too good for them, but why test on animals that bring children joy, test on something that nobody would object to. Afterall, you would get a better result on a human.

Answer 3

maybe it's because i'm an atheist, but i don't believe animals are worthy of any less respect than humans.
there are really a great many reasons i object to animal testing, but the main reason is, that because something works in a certain way for animals it doesn't necessarily follow that it will work the same way for humans. setting aside things like cosmetics testing and such, and focusing on medicine...
how many treatments have shown promise when tested on animals that were a complete flop when tested on humans? i haven't seen stats, but i'd wager it would be the majority. even if it works always on animals, it may not work on humans at all, so in the end, you have to test it on humans anyway... seems to me like a waste of time and resources to test animals first. and it seems like a useless infliction of pain to a helpless victim.

Answer 4

--"I'm a child prodigy/scientist who's currently attending a very prestigious high school." You lost me right from the opening line: how can you be a scientist and attend high school? --"I was having a god complex at the time and told her that my time is too precious to research such an insignificant disease for one insignificant person and the next day, the entire school was waiting outside ready to hang me unless I tried to find a cure." Bear with me while I rephrase this sentence: "I love me. Who do you love?" You were having a so-called "God complex"? Get over yourself! --"In her case, its the former so her parents hired some scientists for me to boss around and eventually we found a way to alter an incredibly deadly virus to carry a specific gene in order to repair the dysfunctional gene in her brother's DNA." No scientist would allow a school student to "boss" them around. Period. You would not be in charge of a "deadly virus", either. If I through around a term like PC3 and PC4 would you even know what I was talking about? --I have to wonder if you even go to school... No 'child prodigy' would write such rubbish. Sorry but I think you're dreaming when you call yourself 'child prodigy'.

Answer 5

Treatments for humans must first be tested on animals. Sometimes a leg gets cut off to find a treatment for a human ailment, or something like that. But I would hope it is done under anesthesia. It is sad, but necessary.
Same with livestock, we gotta eat.
I have a problem with fur farms though. Let trappers do the killing, raise the price of mink coats it will, I say.

Answer 6

Human life is precious because other humans say so! animals have never joined the srugle for their rights and hence humans feed on them. tell a carnivore to stop feeding on other animals and the ecological food is disrupted. what the result is horrible

Answer 7

Yes, we, human beings like to think we are the most important creatures on earth.

I think there is unnecessary experimentation on animals. For example, there are make up companies who use animals to test their products, and also there are make up companies who have found another way, without using animals, to test their products.

Animals are used for medical testing in order to improve human health and life expectancy. My feeling is that if at all possible, if there is another way to experiment and get results, to refrain from using animals. I agree with you that animals have their life and their feelings and just because they are unable to fight for their rights, we should not take advantage of them. Let us be compassionate and merciful with all the creatures of our earth.

Answer 8

Yes, we regard human life as more valuable than animals; after all, we eat animals. But we try to treat animals humanely, and when it is necessary to kill them, do so in a manner leading to minimal pain.

Answer 9

"The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look on the murder of men."

-- Leonardo da Vinci

Answer 10

yes its an typical question of bioethics.but really no other choice is available