Do you ever think scientists feel guilty about torturing animals?

Question

Live vivisections of primates, etc?

wq alpha. um. harmony? compassion? empathy? a middle ground and each individual's understanding of what one life is worth in relation to the bigger picture.

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Many millions/billions of animals, remember now, some monkeys are said to have the intelligence of a two or three year old human, have been TORTURED.
Sometimes, you figure, what good did that do? Some torturous experiments going on for very long stretches of time sacrificing many many animals beared no further knowledge whatsoever and what was it all for anyway.
I would dare to say that most of the advancments we have made could have done without MOST experiments on animals. ...call me crazy...

Answer 1

There was one man, who's name I don't recall, but he was responsible for performing various torturous experiments on monkies in the 60's I think. He had so much remorse and depression that he turned to alcohol to deal with what he had done.

Answer 2

Scientists dont torture animals. Sick freaks torture animals. If theres an alternate way to do an experiment scientists would much rather not have to use an animal. And live vivisections of primates? I dont think thats been done since the 60's...

Answer 3

I've never heard of live vivisections of primates. For what purpose? If scientists did need to see internal organs, they would use an anesthetic so there would be no "torture." I'm not sure what, exactly, you think scientists do, but you can rest assured that the work the scientists are doing is important enough that they have no guilt about their jobs.

Answer 4

Not all scientists are alike nor are they motivated to do research for the same reasons (money, fame, the need to solve a puzzle, the desire to help humankind and the planet). However, as an environmental toxicologist (somebody who studies the toxic effects of chemicals on organisms) I can tell you that I don't know of anyone who tortures animals or plants, for that matter. The big question here is how do we learn about the world around us, and how willing are you to sacrifice the life of another organism for your personal safety and lifestyle. Are you willing to sacrifice bacteria to perform Ames tests to determine whether a chemical which keeps your food supply safe causes mutations, but not monkeys. Are you willing to sacrifice some rats and mice to determine whether the medicine you take for a headache may cause cancer or birth defects. How many plants and animals are you willing to kill to drive your car, do your laundry, and live in a house built from wood harvested from trees? Nothing is free, and every action affects the web of life in which we live. What do we, as a society choose?

Answer 5

i don't have self belief the tale with reference to the scientists in the Congo. Scientists are people, too, and does no longer injury animals with out reason. they do no longer injury animals for relaxing! And the flaws that they hit upon by their study are the flaws that shop the lives of tens of millions of people.

Answer 6

Do they have consciences? I'm sure they do, and some of them might feel them even less than others. Keep in mind that animal testing and experimentation is probably necessary in the interest of science to answer the unruly questions of the world, and I don't necessarily disagree with the facts and the learning process.

We, as humans, should do what must be done.

Answer 7

What do you think, that scientists like having to kill animals in the persuit of research? They have strict ethics laws to follow and they don't like having to do what they do. But human life is more important to us than animal life, and if 20 rats die so that we can cure cancer, then it was worth it. Animal research gives us all the medical research we do today. If we stopped it, 90% of medical science would come to a halt, and we'd never cure another disease again. Is that what you want?

Answer 8

Not as guilty as they would feel if they gave a new drug to a human being, who died from unanticipated side effects because the drug had not been adequately tested on animals!

Answer 9

Everyone does at some point . . .
About the vivisection . . . except we call them disections in high school.

Answer 10

no