Animal Experimentation?

Question

Is it morally acceptable to experiment on animals for the benefit of humans?

Answer 1

Your question is problematic to answer since the morality issue is not just black and white. Scientists and Pharmaceutical companies who use animals in their tests would argue the necessity to do so and give persuasive reasons. Animal lovers (of which I am certainly one) would deplore the use of animals in such testing, citing cruel treatment and shortened lives of the subjects; additionally, the employment of animals in such testing encourages illegal trafficking in pets and homeless creatures. It would be somewhat helpful if animals were not used when other sorts of testing would suffice or could be substituted. However, I imagine that there are many instances where animal experimentation has led to cures for formerly fatal diseases in humans, so it really is difficult simply to condemn all such testing...

Answer 2

It is ethically and morally unacceptable to administer a new drug to a human being without having done everything possible to ensure both its efficacy and its safety by identifying serious and possibly fatal side effects. Animal testing, while not foolproof, is the only means available of obtaining such crucial information. Anyone who markets a product which has not been adequately tested on animals should be held legally responsible for any resulting harm to human beings who use it.

Animal testing is never used when other means would suffice simply because it is by far the most expensive means of drug testing. Stories about stealing pets or collecting homeless animals for laboratory use are plain fiction. No scientist would allow such an animal, with its parasites and possible diseases, anywhere near his laboratory. Animals used in legitimate medical research are purchased from special laboratories where they are raised for that specific purpose, on specialized diets, under carefully controlled conditions, and are certified to be free of disease organisms, parasites, and other conditions which could compromise the validity of test results.
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Answer 3

No, cuz the poor little animals suffer becuz of this...they make them look like crap!!!!!!:(

Answer 4

Yes, it is.
I'll think about it some more while I eat my bacon cheeseburger.