is animal testing ethical?

Answer 1

The testing of medicines is ethical in my eyes. There isn't a human anywhere who would turn down medicine that would save their lives just because it was tested on an animal.

7 thumbs down? That's 7 people who have obviously never had to make that choice.

Answer 2

That's a tough question. Who can really define what is ethical and what isn't? My opinion is- if it is absolutely necessary (as, I believe, it is necessary for drugs to be tested on animals before they can be used on humans (by law)) then it has to be done. I think there's little to no justification for testing things like cosmetics on animals. I do think that in any testing steps need to be taken to ensure that the animals are as comfortable as possible. In an ideal world we would not have so little regard for the lives of animals, but our world is far from ideal.

Answer 3

With new medications, animal testing is usually required before testing on human beings. This is usually a matter of law.

However, recently and because of the expose' of maltreatment and brutal treatment of test animals, two things have happened: (1) Governments are approving alternative testing methods IF it meets their testing criteria; (2) Where there are no alternatives, companies are becoming very careful in using the absolutely smallest number of animals possible and treating them as well as they can.

So the "ethics" of animal testing have undergone a revision for the better and as more alternative testing methods come onto the scene, and governments appprove those methods . .. we may well do away with animal testing eventually.

Answer 4

I can't believe that some of these people are against animal testing. I can tell just by the way kelley types that the only way kelley could see all that stuff going on there is if she is a janitor. She simply is not intelligent enough about chemistry to work there.

I don't believe in testing for stupid stuff like shampoo but it is required for medicine. They have to go through a rigorous trial proccess before they test on animals. The scientist aren't dumb or stupid. They don't clamp their eyeballs and pour in random chemicals to see if something works. Obviously you have been listening to too much biased PETA crap that they spew. They show biased 1 sided videos of animals to make you think ALL animals are treated like that. Yes I will admit that some animals are treated badly but not everyone one does it. You must wonder why the FBI is keeping close tabs on them. Those PETA nutcases went to the extent of putting pictures of tortured dead cows on a McDonald's kid meal box and GAVE IT to little kids. If I could I would go punch them right in the nose because they are always causing trouble just to prove their point. Most of them are ignorant and I find them pessimistic.

If you don't like them testing on lab rats then I am sure you would like to donate your mother instead. I am sure if she dies it won't be that big of a deal. :sarcasm:

There are kids in africa and all these other countries sick with tapeworms and you have the nerve to deny medicine just to justify a faulty clause? I am sure on you are sick I hope you turn down the medicine and die suffering excruciating pain because you felt human lives aren't important enough to save.

Answer 5

Animal testing is just cruel, my view is that if people want to make medicine etc they should test it on themselves not on a living thing that doesn't agree.
In this day and age we can clone things like human skin so there should be no need for animal testing.

Answer 6

Whether is is ethical or not is up for debate. The answer to whether it is neccessary in medical testing is yes.

Answer 7

It's totally unethical and unnecessary. But don't take my word for it. Order the book in this link or check it out at the library.
http://www.amazon.com/Experiment-Animals-Medical-Research-Twenty-first/dp/1412020581

It explains why the animal testing model is inaccurate. Applying data obtained from test on rats, cats, dogs, or monkeys and applying them to humans is like testing an apple to research an orange. The proper research technique
for data on humans can only be done through gene research.
As I said, don't take my word for it. Check out the book. It is written by M.D.s.

Answer 8

It depends how it is conducted and how the animals are treated. Many companies are using alternative methods that have the same validity.

There are some instances ... usually with medicines . . . where a stage of animal testing is required by law before moving to human clinical trials.

Answer 9

I don't find it unethical at all if the purpose is medical.
Ironic that many people who find it unethical have nevertheless benefited at some point in their lives from medicines that have been tested on animals. Perhaps some of them even owe their very existence to some medical procedure that have been tested on animals first. Will any of those who say it is unethical refuse treatment to save their lives if they know for sure that the medicine or procedure to be used has been tested on animals?

Answer 10

In some cases no, but I'd rather have a medicine tested on a mouse than a baby.

Answer 11

I WORKED IN THE LAB OF A VERY POPULAR DRUG COMPANY FOR MANY YEARS AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE PAIN AND SUFFERING THAT THESE ANIMALS GO THROUGH IS UNCONABLE. PARTS OF THEIR BODIES ARE ABUSED-SUCH AS EYES BEEING CLAMPED OPEN FOR DAYS WHILE TESTING IS DONE ON THEM, LIMBS ARE CRUSHED TO MEASURE PAIN, ORGANS ARE REMOVED AND BOTH THE ANIMAL AND THE ORGANS ARE STUDIED-HOW WELL DOES ONE SURVIVE WITHOUT THE OTHER- PATHAGENS ARE INTRODUCED WITHOUGHT THOUGHT OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF DISEASE OR MUTALATION. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE GIVEN A DISEASE AND KNOW THAT YOU WOULD HAVE NO MDICAL ATTENTION, OR WORSE, HAVE THAT CONDITION MADE MORE AN MORE PAINFUL UNTIL YOU DIED.

85% OF ALL RESEARCH HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE BY SOMEONE SOMEWHERE PREVIOUSLY.

IF YOU OR I TREATED AN ANIMAL THIS WAY WE WOULD BE IN JAIL OR WORSE.

UNETHICAL? YOU BET

BEEN THERE