Don't you agree that it is inhumane to test products on animals? C'mon there are other alternatives.?

Answer 1

No, animals are basically food. If they arent for eating and cant defend themselves from us they have earned the right to be test subjects. The animals dont care at all. Just ask them.

Answer 2

I agree with Cat. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge animal lover. I do my part to help by donating to the SPCA, buying household products that don't test on animals, and adopting my pets. I'm by no means saying that animals should be used to test things like hairspray, cleaning solutions, make-up etc. etc. but for medical use, we really don't have another choice. If people were the test dummies and they were dying out like flies, don't you think there would be much more outrage in this country? Let's see 100 human lives or 100 rat lives? Seems pretty obvious to me. If you take your pet to the vet, as most pet owners do, you are supporting animal testing. How else do you think they came up will pet medicines? Would you be willing to let your own pet suffer because you don't agree with the testing needed to heal him? It's also funny how all these people who claim to be sooooo against ALL animal testing are the first in line for vaccines and treatments. A PETA vice President, Mary Beth Sweeten, is a Type A diabetic who uses insulin developed from testing on dogs.....my point exactly. If your child had cancer, would you just say "oh well, we will have to fight this off the best we can without medicine" or would you also be the first in line for the newest life saving treatment? When you get a cold or headache, don't you buy over the counter drugs to ease the symptoms? I find it hard to beleive that anyone can value an animal's life above a human's, but that's just me.

Answer 3

Yes, I think it is inhumane. It's a tricky situation though, companies can't just release products that may be harmful to people (and animals) by just relying on computer simulations and tests. I guess for me it depends what exactly they're testing. If it's a new drug that could save lives then I have less of a problem with it.

Answer 4

Let's have accurate info before we get bent out of shape! Are we aware that Humulin (it's a type of human insulin) is actually manufacted from porcine (pig) and bovine (cow) insulin, it also has a synthetic aspect as well. These animals help us in other ways that just testing--they are a source of treatment for us poor humans that can't secrete our own hormones and enzymes. Any insulin overdose will harm any critter beit human, canine, feline, and the like. These animals are just a mere few chromosomes off from being our counterparts which is why medical, and I stress the word medical, testing and research is vital to humanity. As far as other alternatives go, in vitro studies using cells from cadavers are used in pharmaceutical research. If we have such a problem with the little fuzzies being used, why don't we pony up our bodies--any volunteers? I have the sticker on my driver's license--do you?

Answer 5

All I want to say is everyone *completely* against animal testing (even medical) shouldn't go to the doctor or vet anymore. Even 'simple' but important things like antibiotics and vaccines came to be from animal testing. I think it's wrong to benefit from something you don't believe in, are against and preach about...stand by your beliefs. I won't buy needless things tested on animals (ever), but you better believe I won't turn down cancer treatment...will you?

Answer 6

I think it's according to what the product is. There are a lot of life saving medications, etc that we would not have if not for animal testing. As much as I love my pets, I do value human life much more than animals.

Answer 7

No, I can't say I agree with you. Personally, I prefer not to test my cat food on myself before giving it to my cat. I fully expect Science Diet to test its products on animals before selling it to consumers.

As far as household products go, then yes, I agree - and I try not to buy household products that are tested on animals. But I do have my priorities - for example, I could care less if they brush dogs' teeth with toothpaste just as long as they keep the Pine Sol out of it.

I agree somewhat that drugs shouldn't be tested on animals only because there are so many people who are stricken with diseases and debilitating conditions who would be grateful to have the chance to test new medications - people who either can't afford treatment or people who can't be helped any other way. I know that if I developed a medication and needed to test it, I would first try to find some human volunteer subjects before looking for animals. But unfortunately, our society is too lawsuit happy to allow humans to be the first test subjects.

Answer 8

Yes, I agree. Humans seem to be too scared to risk their lives, but they dont think it's a problem to risk the lives of innocent animals. Im not vegetarian or vegan etc. but I still think testing on animals is wrong. I think that we should test the products on ourselfs... maybe.

Answer 9

Yes I agree. It doesn't help anyway, what is bad for animals isn't neccassarily bad for us (and vice versa). How many drugs have they had to recall because they tested safe in animals but turned out to be harmful or deadly to humans?

BTW: Humulin insulin in not made from animals.
Humulin is synthesized in a special non-disease-producing special laboratory strain of Escherichia coli bacteria that has been genetically altered by the addition of the gene for human insulin production.
http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/hum7030.htm

Answer 10

hell yeah, and testing drugs is not all they do to animals they torture them with little experiments like starving them or depriving them of water to see how long it takes them to die, or giving them electroshock therapy to see what people go through when they have epoleptic seizures( like that could explain anything), or trying to crush a dogs leg without damaging the muscle, blinding animals for no reason. there is so much shi* that animals are forced to endure thats why people should get their pets spayed and neutered and have the common decency to not get a pet if they are not going to take care of them. instead of animal testing they should test on murderers and child molesters.