Animal testing, or animal research, refers to the use of animals in experiments. it has become a debatable issue in the present. Have your say Yahoo Answers!
2006-11-30 03:43:00 · 17 answers · asked by Rob 3 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
Everyone who favours animal testing always seems to take the view that medical advances WILL be made if animals are used, hence the whole nonsense 'if my child was ill I'd rather several hundred animals die than my child'. Yet, they NEVER look at the bigger picture. Did they ever consider that using animals may well be holding up advances in medical science? Certainly, in the case of research into a vaccine for HIV this WAS the case, in fact by 10 years because research favoured using animals as opposed to other methods. It turned out that in fact chimps don't present the same antibody to the HIV virus as humans do, thus rendering the research as useless. And then there is the well-known issue that certain drugs affect humans and animals differently. One thing that always suprises me is how people claim animal testing is needed to protect public safety and yet many drugs on the market such as beta blockers and valium failed animal tests because they gave dangerous results and yet they work fine in humans and are given world-wide - so if animal testing is so reliable why did scientists ignore the animal results and give it to humans? The drugs that were tested in the clinical trials that recently made the headlines passed the animal tests with flying colours and yet had devastating consequences when administered to humans. Cylert was approved in animals tests. It was deemed safe to give to children to treat the symptoms of ADHD, something no doubt many parents would agree with sacrificing animals for, yet for 61 of the children it was prescribed for it caused total liver failure. Reliable? I think not.
And as for cancer research, the response from Dr Klausner of the National Cancer Institute says it all:
"The history of cancer research has been a history of curing cancer in the mouse. We have cured mice of cancer for decades, and it simply didn't work in humans."
They now use human cancer cells instead of mice.
2006-11-30 05:17:24 · answer #1 · answered by Pickle 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Although we know a lot about medicine, I do not believe that we know enough in order to predict the effects of new medication before human tests.
Also, pharmacutical companies have a vested interest in drugs being sold, not necessarily in them working. Put another way, would you trust a large multinational conglomerate to do the right thing?
At the moment, as well as finding cures for cancers, the law states that all new drugs must be animal tested before release.
I believe that testing is good for the above reasons. Cosmetics are a vanity and animals should not suffer for it.
2006-11-30 03:59:42 · answer #2 · answered by Alice S 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Animal testing for medical reasons I understand. I mean if a few mice have to die to cure cancer or what have you than I'm for it.
I don't like animal testing for testing cosmetics and toiletries. I think scientists know how certain chemicals and ingredients react with human skin so I find animal testing in this regard very unnecessary.
2006-11-30 03:53:12 · answer #3 · answered by butterflykisses427 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am definitely for it. Anyone who says they are completely against it doesn't understand it. 100% of all prescription drugs have been tested on animals. Are these people saying that if their family was seriously ill they wouldn't want them to have any drugs to help them? I don't think so. And did you know that tesitng on animals for cosmetic reasons in the UK is illegal. Animal testing is a necessary 'evil' in this world.
2006-11-30 04:06:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeah I'm against it, being a veggie for 15years and against cruelty to all animals, although got to look at the issue if you had a choice of a live saving drug which had been tested on animals would you turn it down???
2006-12-02 15:41:23 · answer #5 · answered by westy355 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm down with it. This may be because I've never had a pet and I know a lot of people with dogs and cats are very anti-animal testing. I think that people > animals, end of story.
2006-11-30 03:46:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I wouldn't be against it, if they gave them a good life before the experiment, and didn't cause pain, however unfortunately that isn't the case. I would rather it was tested on certain types of human prisoners that volunteered.
2006-12-02 03:03:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
animal research yes animal testing no
2006-11-30 03:56:23 · answer #8 · answered by G-Unit 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I won't buy any product tested on animals. Blinding rabbits to see if haircolor will damage a woman's eyes?
2006-11-30 03:54:22 · answer #9 · answered by Debra D 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
certain thing's need to be tested before humans can use it.i feel it is better to test thing's on animals rather than risk human life.
2006-11-30 03:48:47 · answer #10 · answered by aunty m 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋