Animal testing is wrong - if the drugs are gunna be used on people then they should be tested on people.
Why should animals be used in such horrific ways??
If you agree with animal testing, you agree with putting peroxide in kittens eyelids and injecting acid into a puupys brain - then timing how long it takes them to die, and how much pain they are in.
Who are we to decide we are 'more important' than animals?? - We ARE animals, just because we are more 'intelligent' does not mean we are the only species that can feel pain and emotion - what do you think??
2006-09-09 00:12:51 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Against. If people want new 'product' they can test it on themselves!
Besides animals are more intelligent. They don't hate for no reason, they aren't jealous, they don't worry about weight issues, and they don't plant bombs and send hate mail and murder innocent animals because they don't agree with them!
2006-09-09 00:20:34 · answer #1 · answered by Sus 3 · 3⤊ 4⤋
erm, actually injecting acid into a puppies brain wouldnt happen, scientists arent that stupid, acid is corrosive and they would know the consequences. Same goes for peroxide. That sort of testing just wouldnt happen these days, we know what acid and peroxide is, how it is structured and what it does so scientists just wouldnt do that.
Remember that most cures for illnesses have been found by animal testing and human medicine wouldnt be the way it is today without it. I love animals but i believe sometimes it is needed to save millions of lives. I dont believe in testing cosmetics on animals as there is no need for that, however life saving drugs is different.
Have you ever had an operation or a course of medication that helped you get well again? Well if animal testing didnt exist you wouldnt have had that opportunity.
If there was another way, id be all for it, but unfortunately there isnt right now.
to GAVINIO - yeah the companies would be out of business, then there would be no research, no cures for illnesses etc, would you rather it came to that??
2006-09-09 00:19:59 · answer #2 · answered by strawberry delight 2 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I am anti-vivisection and testing on animals for cosmetic reasons such as makeup,soap deodorant etc.Most of these have been tested on animals for years so what is the point to carry on now?
I agree to some research on animals when developing life-saving treatment for humans but don't agree with the way these animals are treated during the experiments i.e locked up in a lab cage with nothing to do except wait for the next jab,pill,op etc
2006-09-09 01:01:27 · answer #3 · answered by dinahmite 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Right idea, but that argument is not going to stop animal testing.
Penicillin is lethal to guinea pigs.
Aspirin is lethal to cats.
Morphine sedates dogs and humans but excites cats.
Goats can eat enough prussic acid to kill 100 people.
Thalidomide was tested on animals and passed as fir for use on humans except in Turkey, who at that time did not use animal testing. Turkey did not have the thalidomide disaster.
Cancer testing is done on mice. Mice tend to suffer from sarcomas; humans tend to get carcinomas.
Animals react differently to us and animals testing produces unsafe results. Look at the recent medical trial where several volunteers died; the drug had been through the animal testing phase and passed for trial on humans.
There are already other ways to test the effect of drugs on humans. They're just not used. They don't get the funding.
2006-09-09 00:22:14 · answer #4 · answered by pea 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Definitely against. Why dont they test the products on other chemists? They are the ones earning big bucks so let them make the sacrifices needed so that at least they will feel and realize if something burns, itches or makes them crazy. Not some poor unsuspecting trusting animal.
2006-09-09 00:32:44 · answer #5 · answered by gypsy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you use make-up? Do you use shampoo? Do you use soap? Have you ever taken any medicine? I could go on!
Whether or not you feel it is right or wrong (and I can see that you are taking a specific stance here), it remains that if certain things were not tested on animals, then many of us would have been blinded - etc - not just us, but our children.
Don't blame the scientists that use the mediums - blame the person that uses the products - and if you use them, that includes you!
We need products to be tested - are you going to offer to be the literal guinea pig?
2006-09-09 00:28:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
They should not test on animals for human problems. The main things I can think of are food, drugs and things like obesity. If it will help other ANIMALS then it may be worth it, especially if the species is endangered.
2006-09-09 02:36:14 · answer #7 · answered by debzc 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am against animal testing 100% because it's just not fair to do this to poor innocent animals, it's soo very different when they test things on people than it is when we test it on animals, like for one we actually chooes to do it and we can get recompensated for doing it and what do animals get??? absolutley nothing except mabey a very slow agonizing death or a permanant deformity of even worse being alive but being in agonizing pain. and if they are testing so many things on animals shouldnt they have lots more medicine for animals that will actually benifit the animals??
2006-09-09 00:19:42 · answer #8 · answered by qwerty h 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it is so wrong to let animals suffer in this way i wonder if us humans would stand for it for example if a dog wanted to find a cure in any kind of doggy thing any way i think that by judging the intelligent of some people animals are more intelligent than them look at the likes of Jade Goody
2006-09-09 03:41:40 · answer #9 · answered by mz boho 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree, its not fair that we test things on animals, they dont have a say in it.. I am sure that there are people out there who would volunteer to be tested on or do it for a 100 bucks... I dont like when an animal is mistreated... and this is an example of it!
2006-09-09 00:18:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sure, lets test baby shampoo on humans instead of lab rats. Since when did animals become more important than humans? Someday, you have someone you love who is terminal. I pray that some testing on animals has been done so that a cure may have been developed for them.
2006-09-09 00:23:29 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋