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Originally posted by Legend
I think most would but i think you would get the odd few who would still be against it as they are that stupid when it comes to animals.
So, what's your view?
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Well I must be "that stupid" as well.
Every year animals are subjected to experiments so painful and damaging that no one would ever do them on humans. On the other hand, these experiments are mostly done so that humans--and sometimes animals--will suffer less in the future. Deciding on whether or not to do a painful experiment on an animal can be a tough choice I would imagine.
The answer to stopping testing on animals may not be so simple. We need to weigh the benefits of the discoveries scientists hope to make from the research with the costs of making animals suffer. We should be concerned about how animals are treated in research, and we should all work to minimize--if not eliminate--the number of animals who suffer.
British law says that any new drug used for medicine, must be tested on at least two different types of live mammal. One of these must be a large non-rodent type animal.
This is to make sure the drug works and doesn't hurt you. If this is the case I would like to think that they improve the conditions that the animals live in.
Also the issues that need to be thought about are the conditions that they are kept in. Many animals are kept in small cages for their whole lives and are rarely allowed out of them other than for testing to be carried out. Is this fair on them, after all they are the ones that are helping to develop cures for diseases, vaccinations etc yet they are still afforded little if any dignity or quality of life.
In the UK, laws protect all lab animals from cruelty during testing.
Many people who are against animal testing claim that these laws are not being upheld and that animals are still subjected to horrific treatment. If this is the case how can we as an animla loving culture sit back and think "well its ok they are only dum animals" these animals can all feel pain and as someone who has just paid nearly £1,000 to keep my dog alive I feel very strongly about them being afforded some kind of dignity and respect.