Who agrees with animal testing, i think it is vital and justified?

Answer 1

That's the point - some of it is - getting beagles to smoke to "prove" that smoking isn't harmful - or testing cosmetics - ain't.

As for the people that say "test drugs on humans - not innocent animals" - these are the tree hugging nuts that would rather let a man die than lose an animal. Look at the recent case where several human testers almost died in a drug trial in the UK. Without initial animal testing we'd be wheeling the corpses off wholesale.

Answer 2

I agree with you. I think it is very important for advances in medicine and technology. At the end of the day, we are the dominant species on this planet and we should be concerned with our own well being before the well being of other species.

Obviously I do not condone deliberate harm to animals, but this is not what animal testing does.

I would be interested to see how an activist would react if their child needed a treatment that was developed using animal testing. Would they still be against it then? I think not...

Answer 3

Ok for all those who are against animal testing I want to give you a few facts about drugs. Most drugs that we produce are dangerous in some form or other. They produce an action which causes some change in the state of the body which can allieviate symptoms of illness in small doses but in larger doses these drugs can kill you.

Basically if a drug is going to be useful it will in 99% of cases have a lethal dose. We need to know what this lethal dose is and for this we need animal - we perform a LD 50 test /the dose that kills 50% of test animals) to help determine what an effective and potentially safe dose is. Then we need to see if there are effects on the internal organs - liver, heart etc. We know that these organs function differently, howeve slight the difference may be, in animals than they do in humans which is why the drugs need to be tested in a variety of animal models. Once we have this animal safety data we can move on to human or Phase 1 testing which are first in man studies (the area that I work in). The problem with these studies is recruitment. Ask yourself if you would sign up for a first in man study with out any animal testing. Would you like to take a drug that we had no idea what the result would be? Would you like perhaps like to sign up for the LD 50 test, where we keep increasing the dose in humans to see what dose kills 50% of humans, just to find out if we have a potential drug or not (without even knowing if it works against a disease)?

Take the case of Parexel in London this year. That drug went through animal testing and still nearly killed the subjects. Could you inagine being on a trial with no prior testing. Could you imagine taking 8000mg of paracetamol every 2 hours because we weren't allowed to test it previously on animals - you could sit in agony as your liver fell out through your as***le.

All drugs are tested on both humans and animals. There are strict guidelines for both and animals have to be treated correctly.

Those anti-animal testers - when you are a family member becomes terminally ill then refuse treatment on the ground of your principles and lets see if you can watch a loved one die in agony because you didin't want a few mice to die. Every time you take an aspirin, or antibiotic you can be thankful for animal testing. But if you feel so strongly about it then don't wear make-up, don't eat anthing but organic food (that's right all artificial sweetners etc are all animal tested) and don't take any medical treatment.

Those who talk about the Parexel trial and state that the reason the drug didn't affect animals was down to genetics are wrong. It was down to the nature of the drug - monoclonal antibodies are not suited to standard animal testing. It was also down to the regulatory authorities who should have significantly lowered the dose of the drug for a first in man trial.

Answer 4

I really would prefer it to be that the Testing is Carried out on Paedophiles , Drug Dealers Muggers , Muderers and the whole bloody lot of these Rotten Bastards -- Lets Face It there,s Plenty to choose from . The reason??? Animals do us no Harm and give us Much Pleasure. I see from one of your replies that they have found Julia,s Brain - what a discovery.

Answer 5

i agree with animal testing. ifsomeone says animal testing is a cruelty to animal, then injest this fact:
100million animals are killed every year for meat: just for pleasing the human taste buds
over 100 million of the god's other creatures have to give up their life to meet humans' need of an entertainment. hunting.
millions of animals animals are killed every year by humans' automodbile.
about 1.5 million animals are used for animal testing', not purposefully to killbut to produce something to save them
people don' say anything when animals are killed for meat, for hunting or killed by automobiles because everyone eat meat ,hunt and drive automobile.
why do people raise their fingers at the handful of scientists and researchers who are working to produce some thing to save the animals and humans by animal testing?

Answer 6

You cannot test on an animal without causing long term suffering.

The drug that those men took to test that nearly killed them WAS initially tested on animals. The animals were ok because humans are genetically different to RATS or anything other that HUMANS.....people who agree with animal testing are just ignorant of the facts, they come to conclusions based on nothing but a poorly researched opinion and also a bit of brainwashing from the pharmaceutical companies.

Answer 7

i agree with animal testing as long as the animals dont have long term suffering, i think its vital for all theses break through cures and remedies,

Answer 8

Neither vital nor justified.

I'm amazed how small-minded people say what's easy is vital and what profits them at the expense of others is justified.

Or, you could be like jcl-30 and praise yourself.

Answer 9

i agree with it as long as its for medical advances not for cosmetics. I know if either myself or my family became ill and they could get better because of advances in medicene acheived by animal testing i would be very thankfull.

Answer 10

Instead of using animals i think they should use the prisoners on "Death Row" for testing, that way they can repay the community in a small way for their crimes.