I believe that any sort of testing preformed on animals for the benifit of humanity should be allowed. If we lose 10,000 rats, cats, dogs, gorillas, etc. to save one human life or advance the human race, then it was a worth while cause. Where does anyone else stand?

Lot's of creep's rapo's and pedophiles to play with,they can even talk, or maybe they should cut the cap off his head and just probe when they start to scream.Cut's down on the BIG BUCKS, the government taxes us to keep the folker's alive

i would rather have a rat die then a human because lets be real a rat cat or dog will never be a great world leader and some person will but that person could die if a test goes wrong so sorry to say i don't fell bad about animal testing.

well there is animal testing
then theres abuse.
if depends on what they are doing.

Im just telling u FETCH... animals arent for jus tone reason animals r friends...they were here long before us..and i would give my body up for the animals but my family wont let me....ooh and fetch u dont even kno wat the tests r!!!!1 the animals usually end up dying a slow painfull death...Udie a slow painfull death tell me how that feels!!!!!

why does everyone not care about animal testing.....its very important..it shouldnt even exist!!!! poeple open ur eyes and look around....dont u want ru kids to have a pet..if we keep testing on animals we'll never see animals ever again...animals r important.....the human race need s to step down.... LEAVE THE ANIMALS ALONE!!!!!!

i gotta question 4 u retardo. u eat meet, well if the animals b cum exint then u caint eet ur meet. & 1 uther thin uf jus 1 speices die out thin 17 die coz it effects the food chane & u wood no that if u actually paid attention in school.

yaa....animals r inferior to humans buty should we take control of something tht has been here longer than us....answer tht!

people......open ur eyse...animal testing doesnt help anyone...like many have said we're all gonan die anyways y make them suffer?!?!?!?!?! how can all of u people not care....look around..do u have pets???Animal testing doesnt just use rats and bunnies they use dogs..cats..farrits..weezles..birds..monkeyss..if we keep testing all these animals r going to b extinct!!!!

3 things

fetch, first it is the other way around.. the people who are so against animal testing of any kind should volunteer.. if they don't like the tests done on animals they should offer themselves as an alternative.. but we both know that will NEVER happen.. all talk

second, if people want to save other humans why would they offer other humans up to potentially die in some (not all) tests just so animals would not be tested on? that kind of defeats the purpose..

third, humans are used in testing, after animals testing and other testing is done.. nothing hits the market without human trials..

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so if we shouldnt test on animals then what should we test on?

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humans. I mean, most people who are pro-animal testing say it should be allowed because it could find a cure to save all the porr people who are dying. If you care so much about it you're willing to kill others and make others suffer (yeah, animals count as other even though they can't protest), then why not voluenter yourself? Most people wouldn't. Fine, then don't make exucses. Don't pretend you care that much when you don't. Animals are used for one reason- they can't protest and have no choice.

Having said that, I'm not horiblly anti

"So my new oppinion is : Keep testing on animals until the day that non-animal tests are just as productive, not a day longer."

Jookly... i totally agree...

Very intersting website, If it is not neccasary to test on animals than i see no reason to. From the info on the site however, it seems that they are still devloping this technology.
So my new oppinion is : Keep testing on animals until the day that non-animal tests are just as productive, not a day longer.

agreed, but in many cases the alternatives have been found less informative and not as good.. so what do you suggest for those instances?

In-vitro studies are becoming very popular amongst scientists, epidemological studies, human clinical studies( in which patients'with certain illnesses are observed, and analyzed). In fact,
The Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT) have been working w/ scientists to replace the use of laboratory animals in experiments.


Visit their website for more info:



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so if we shouldnt test on animals then what should we test on?

Tigercats your justification of animal testing by saying that babies can't consent to undergo surgery, therefore an animal's lack of consent is just as moral, is illogical. THis is so because animals(in these facilities), unlike babies, are TESTED on, for experimental reasons. Babies undergo surgery to better their condition, not for experimental research, in which the patient's(or confined specimen) interests, or feelings are unaccounted for.

There were two different bodies of work on finding the vaccine for polio. One involved the experimentation,exploitation, and slaughtering of about 1million animals. While the other used in-vitro research. The more humane experimentation was awarded the Nobel Prize , while the Nobel committee refused to even recognize the one that ivolved animals. This is because they saw it as being exploitative , wasteful, and lacking respect of sentient animal life.

two wrongs don't make a right

animals would test on humans if they had the capacity.