Is it morally acceptable to experiment on animals for human purposes? |
Yup.
Humans are greater than animals in a moral sense, and therefore it is more permissible to inflict adverse affects on an animal than a human. Since animals are less valuable, great negative affects on animals are easily balanced out by smaller positive effects on humans.
Posted by: AlwaysMoreThanYouAnimals should be allowed to be tested.
This is like comparing yourself to your dog. Who is more important? Duh! You. Now I don't want any cruelty on the animals but if experiments have to be done use of animals is more secure and less "risky." People are the main source of the earth. People take care of the earth, the earth would be different. Therefore I say that animals should be allowed to be tested
Posted by: Anonymousthey help
animal testing has caused many scientific breakthroughs and therefore they help society. Without animal testing you wouldn't know if your favourite products are harmful or not. And if we continue animal testing we could find cures to horrible diseases like cancer.
5 billion animals are killed in the process of food making, but we don't have a problem with eating animals, do we?Posted by: AnonymousWe are NOT equal
How can a mouse and a human be the same? Humans are the main things on this Earth. Is it better to experiment on a mouse or a child? I think this experiments will help both the animals and the humans in the future. If you are saying that we should not use animals for experiments, then don't take a medicine next time when you are sick. Those medicines have been tested and experimented on animals.
Posted by: AnonymousGod gave us animals to use.
God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
God gave us animals to help and benefit us in any and every way.Posted by: Anonymouschild or animal
if you had a child and a pet and your child was sick and might die if it didn't get medicine but the doctors didn't know if the medicine was safe but they could test it on your pet would you allow the doctors to test the medicine on your pet and possibly save you child or would you take the risk of using unsafe medicine on your child
the fact is that people will do as much as they can to protect loved ones even if there is a chance that method wont workPosted by: AnonymousIt is morally acceptable to experiment on animals where the experiments will help save lives.
Animal testing has proven beneficial in many medical instances. For example, researchers often use animal experiments to test the usefulness and safety of vaccines for many diseases including HIV and AIDS. With that being said, I do agree that animal testing should be reserved for those instances where human lives are truly at stake. Testing cosmetics on animals, for example, is not necessary. If an alternative that is cost effective and accurate exists, then it is morally right to use that other method.
Posted by: Myh3r0HiIarI think it is morally acceptable to experiment on animals for human purposes because humans are a higher form of life.
While I do not advocate unnecessary suffering for animals, I believe that medicines, for instance, need to be tested before they are approved for use by the human population. Rather than using humans for potentially dangerous testing, I think it should be done on animals first. I believe this is justified because humans are a higher form of life: we can communicate, we we can process information differently, and we can manipulate our environment.
Posted by: g0000gaYes I do think death row inmates should be used for medical testing!
Not only inmates have thrown their rights away by committing a horrible crime we as the human race must take the next step in order to find new discoveries and maybe look at medical testing as a new source in improving the society. Yes it might cost millions but why waist time studying on animals if we got death row inmates we could be studying on, animals and humans are different the medication that may work on a animal may not work on a humans. To be honest it's not right spending money on keeping death row inmates alive if they put themselves in that situation. Why think it cruel if the word cruel never crossed the mind of the inmates while they were murdering someone, fear is the enemy of will and will is what makes us act and acheave it's time to take the next step... We would never know what new discoveries we would come across. It's time for a change that would benefit the human race in future generations.- Faustino Ramos
Posted by: AnonymousI agree that animals can be morally used for experiments, because it is the best and most effective option we have.
If we did not use animals to test different experiments on, then we would have to use other methods of research that may not be as effective as experiments tested on animals. I don't support the cruel and inhumane use of animals for experiments. Yet, if we can discover something good out of the use of animals for science, we will make advances that we wouldn't be able to otherwise make.
Posted by: PointlessElbert47Yes
It is better to test on animals, simply for the reason of not killing humans. Animals can reproduce alot faster than humans can, and when you test on humans they dont just "let them go" they have to keep in a room to watch them. They test on small animals so they wont cause alot of damage if some kind of reaction happens
Posted by: AnonymousIt is acceptable, because it is not acceptable to experiment on humans or risk exposure to untested drugs.
It would be impossible to bring new drugs or medicines to the market without testing them first on a similar organism. Animals are not humans of course in their response to drugs, but their metabolism and biology is similar enough to detect at least obvious toxicity in drugs. Otherwise, one would have to test new drugs on human volunteers immediately. Do you want to risk the death of those people, do you volunteer?
Posted by: SteChiquitaIn a way
I believe that its okay for medical research only, not cosmetics, beauty products, military research and pointless discoveries. Certain animals have the same bodies as us. It can save lives. Some experiments are shocking. I don't agree with them. But medical and humane research is fine. I am on both sides. But we shouldn't experiment on humans.
Posted by: AnonymousWe have cured a lot of diseases.
We have cured Polio, German Measles, Measles, Diphothemia, Hemophelia, Prussia, Chlorea, Black Plague, Terberculosis, Typhoid, Yellow Fever, and Prussia. That many diseases and more can be cured.
Posted by: AnonymousIn order for an experiment to apply, must be checked first.
Especially in the pharmacy, where drugs are produced is very important before they go into use to see that they do not lead to consequences for human health. The best way is to be examined on animals, but we must take into account as possible to protect animals. These experiments should be made only in last resort. Not good experiments for various women's perfumes.
Posted by: FTerrell29Decrease the minimal risk.
It is true that animals are just like us; they feel pain, have emotions, and express their feelings. Based on these facts, pet lovers often oppose animals being used in any experiments. I ask them “Will you die for that animal?” Likewise, we do not have any options but to use animals in experiments because without testing on animals, we will have to test it on ourselves which will increase the minimal risk. “No... why should animals be used for pain full experiments? They feel pain the same as we do, the only difference is that they can't talk, so they can't let people know how much it hurts. Why do we have this divine right to torture other creatures? Is it because we are bigger? Stronger? What are the reasons for this inhumane treatment? If we are going to use animals for experiments, why not use humans as well? Same thing, just we can yell, and scream, and fight back! We need to care for the world animals, not treat them like disposable waste!” So what? Tell us the solution to this problem that we can stop experimenting on animals! It's not that scientist do experiments on animals to torture them. As a scientist, they know better than you that animals feel pain.
Posted by: AnonymousIf experimentation must be done, then animals are the lesser moral concern then humans themselves.
For many things experimentation must be done. Whether that experimentation be done on animals or humans becomes a major question. If we are unable to experiment on animals then we must experiment on humans. Since experimentation on humans is the greater moral evil then experimentation on animals must be allowed.
Posted by: KnownEvanIt is morally unacceptable to experiment on humans so animals are the next best thing.
If experimenting on animals can find cures for human diseases then it is not morally unacceptable. It is not a form of animal cruelty. Animals don't have souls therefore if they happen to pass away during or as a result of the experiment it's not as if there is a question as to whether they will go to heaven or not. I have nothing at all against animals however, if we put as much time and energy into human needs as we do for animal rights and protections we would probably be ten to fifteen years ahead in finding cures for human diseases.
Posted by: R33JustSocial Darwinism people
We are part of the human race...We are superior to animals in every way. It is our moral responsibility as the apex species to be able to use lesser species for our own good. This is something we have done. Animal testing has provided us many scientific breakthroughs and have helped improve the human species as a whole. People need to stop worrying over a few animals and think about the future of the human race.
Posted by: AmericanNationalistWe as humans are superior to other animals
I don't think anyone would argue that humans are at the top of the food chain right now. Most animals we experiment on are small and reproduce much quicker than us and in also larger litters. We need something to test new products on to see if it is safe for us, the alpha species. I do like the inmate testing idea though, I think it would have to be voluntary.
Posted by: DaileyScienceIt is morally acceptable to experiment on animals for human purpose because of the greater good.
It is morally acceptable to experiment on animals for human purpose because of the greater good. If we can justify being carnivores and omnivores, it seems a weird line to draw when it could help save or better human lives. It's unfortunate that there are no other options, but until there are, that's what we have to do.
Posted by: H0bi3InvaderYes
It is better because if scientist don't experiment on animals for human purposes then, there would be more dead humans for all the side effects and possible poising which the scientist or manufacture didn't know what damage would happen.
Posted by: AnonymousAnimals are not people. They are subject to humans.
If you do not test on animals, what do you test on then? It would be more immoral to experiment on humans. The Nazis experimented on prisoners. Unnecessarily being cruel to animals when it comes to testing in my opinion is immoral, but someone needs to be tested on. Animal testing is no less immoral than eating beef.
Posted by: RayEarI support the use of animals animals for our needs
I just think that animals are better than humans for experiments because animals, having a stort lifetime can show the symptoms of medicine very quickly and by experimenting on animals we are not injuring them, rather they are let in their natural atmosphere and by this, we can predict new medicines for animals based on their symptoms.
Posted by: AnonymousAnimals were put on this earth for the purpose of human use, as is stated in the Bible.
Animals are just that: animals. Cats play with their prey, just because they can. Many animals do similar things. So, humans experimenting on animals is no different than a cat playing with a mouse. The only difference is that, unlike the cat and the mouse, the human is finding ways to better the human race with their work.
Posted by: KindErikIt is morally acceptable to experiment on animals for human purposes since we use animals for many other purposes.
We have already placed the value of an animal below the value of a human. There are exceptions to this such as endangered species, however outside these exceptions it is morally acceptable to use animals for experimentation. We use animals as food. This is a normal and natural event as animals do the same. We use animals as beasts of burden and as transport. We find it morally acceptable to do this. We use animals for the betterment of mankind. Experimentation is no different.
Posted by: ElwBoardinHuman testing is illegal.
It is unethical and illegal to test on humans. Some people may say that it is cruel and how would you feel if you were tested on like the animals, but animals reproduce super fast and human take nine months just to have one child. Also, finding cures for illnesses such as cystic fibrosis depends on animal research.
Posted by: AnonymousIt is morally acceptable to experiment on animals for human purpose due to the fact that if used wrongly, the human race can be wiped out.
I believe that it is morally acceptable to run tests on animals for human purposes. This includes new medications that might be available to the public in mass quantities that is actually really bad, and so it is morally right to be tested on animals. The animals can be reproduced quickly because mostly lab rats are used in this process, and once we get to see what occurs to the animal after being diagnosed, we can go ahead and test it on humans to see the same results are replicated. If there was no testing done, humans would be killed due to improper usage of the drug.
Posted by: N34rIyGaIvHuman Instinct Dictates
Being the most intelligent beings on the planet, it is entirely normal to want to explore your sexuality. Although in the end, an animal is not a person and does not have the ability to comprehend what you are doing, what you do with what they have might be the same as if the animal was a human. It doesn't have to be something crazy like marrying a horse or anything. I just believe that possibly trying it once may be a healthy choice, just to see what else is out there and what mother nature has out on our planet.
Posted by: Anonymous
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THERE ARE PRISONS FULL OF PEDOS AND RAPISTS AND KILLERS AND STABBERS. I THINK IT IS MORE REASONABLE TO TEST ON A PERSON THAT HAS DONE BAD IN THEIR LIFE INSTEAD OF AN INNOCENT ANIMAL THAT HAS NEVER DONE ANYTHING WRONG.
Posted by: ASDFGHJKLOVETurn the tables
We are equal. Just because they can't tell us to stop doesn't mean they like it. 5 billion animals are killed in the food process as it is. I'm sure much more are killed in hunting as well. I'm not saying never experiment products. I'm only saying we need to come up with a better way to do it. Imagine if they were doing it to us. Making us bleed and suffer just so and different species could know if their mascara really works. Animals help us in so many ways. They give us food. Dogs walk the blind and help rescue centers. But above all of that they give us loyalty. They give up there lives, so we can eat. They guide people who can't see and search for lost humans. And for those of us who have a pet at home, they give us friendship. Imagine your pet being tested on. It's cruel. We need to find a different way fast.
Posted by: AnonymousNo Need To Do That !
One reason is because trees need the animals and we need the oxygen from the trees to survive. Another reason is that the animals population can go down or the species is going to be extinct.the animals also have feelings. God made the world with animals for a reason so the world would look really pretty.
Posted by: AnonymousThe Alpha doesn't destroy the Omega
We shouldn't experiment on animals for our own purposes. If someone told you they were going to do that to a human, wouldn't you absolutely freak? Just because we think of ourselves as the alpha species, doesn't mean we have to destroy what isn't ours! God made these animals that we are torturing to death! Killing the animals swiftly for food isn't the same as distributing a slow and painful death. And as for the testing of inmates, that is completely unacceptable!
Posted by: AnonymousTorturing small animals to justify helping humans is cruel and useless as animals and humans are two very different species.
Human beings and animals may have similarities, as one would expect to find when they were both made by the same designer, but the differences are still so huge that testing on animals is of very little value. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that if you put chemicals in the eyes of any living creature, it's going to cause damage. In terms of medical studies, people who are chronically ill or dying are more than happy to be used as guinea pigs, so they should be allowed to make that contribution. Obviously the best results would be gained by experimenting on the very species you are trying to help--not by playing mad scientist with helpless animals.
Posted by: N3vinFaceBecause test data cannot be accurately extrapolated from one species to another.
In 1989 a study was done to determine the carcinogenicity of fluoride. During a period of two years, daily doses of fluoride were given to about 520 rats and 520 mice. Not a single mouse was adversely affected by the fluoride, but the rats experienced health problems like cancer of the mouth and bone.
Posted by: AnonymousResearch is finding that animals not only feel pain, but they feel emotions, as well.
Just because animals have not chosen to dominate the world the way humans did does not mean they are a lower life form. Overall, they are probably better, since they trust their instinct and live the way nature intended. Testing on animals is torture, period, and should not be allowed in any form.
Posted by: TownNoamWe are more than them
We claim that animal testing is right because we are better then animals. But don't we become animals when we torture these animals for money? As for eating animals, can we use their flesh after they've died by torture? The animals we eat have quick deaths, but what we are talking about is the torture of animals! animals are alive, humans are alive. Can we feel no compassion when animals are tortured, but we feel great disgust when are own are tortured. And just because something is small and underneath us, doesn't mean we have to destroy it.
Posted by: AnonymousFor medical purposes.
I believe that its okay for medical research only, not cosmetics, beauty products, military research and pointless discoveries. Certain animals have the same bodies as us. It can save lives. Some experiments are shocking. I don't agree with them. But medical and humane research is fine. I am on both sides. But we shouldn't experiment on humans.
Posted by: AnonymousAnimals are our equals.
They shouldn't be allowed to be tested on, especially not for the purpose of beauty products, pointless discoveries or, in some cases, to prove things in legal battles. To all these people saying that we humans are better than animals, what gives you the right to say that? We ARE animals after all, just more advanced. Animals still feel the same pain and terror that we would if we were tested on. It's just not right to play God and choose who lives, dies or gets hurt. It's not our choice.
Posted by: Debatable123No. It is not acceptable to experiment on animals for human purposes.
There is no superior species. To think otherwise is to be no less prejudiced than racists or sexists. If animals can feel pain as humans can, and desire to live as humans do, how can we deny them similar respect? I can't believe this debate is basically fifty fifty. Animal testing is wrong, they can't give consent.
Posted by: AnonymousIt is indubitably, absolutely, morally unacceptable to experiment on animals for human purposes.
Animals that are experimented on are kept in cages all day, every day. The only times they are let out is to be subjected to brutally savage and painful experiments. In these experiments, they are given no drugs to ease their pain. Imagine undergoing surgery without anesthesia. When the animals are no longer useful, they are killed. They never see the sunlight in their entire lives. They are kept in worse living conditions than murderers on death row. What have they done to deserve such a horrible fate? Absolutely nothing. Humans have no right to play God with animals' lives. I am disgusted at the human race and I am very ashamed to be a human. If Hell exists, any person who ever experimented on an innocent animal is without a doubt going straight there.
Posted by: AnonymousWho has given you permission to touch animals? You have no right to do experiment on animals.
One reason is because trees need the animals and we need the oxygen from the trees to survive. Another reason is that the animals population can go down or the species is going to be extinct. The animals also have feelings. God made the world with animals for a reason so the world would look really pretty.
In 1989 a study was done to determine the carcinogenicity of fluoride. During a period of two years, daily doses of fluoride were given to about 520 rats and 520 mice. Not a single mouse was adversely affected by the fluoride, but the rats experienced health problems like cancer of the mouth and bone.
We ARE animals after all, just more advanced. Animals still feel the same pain and terror that we would if we were tested on. It's just not right to play God and choose who lives, dies or gets hurt. It's not our choice.
Just because humans have dominated the world doesn't mean they should be allowed to test on animals! It's plain and simply WRONG and extremely selfish! They have as much right to live as we do. They are innocent creatures who feel pain too. Most of the products tested on them are not even suitable for humans! They have a heartbeat, a brain and emotions just like we do. They have done nothing to deserve this.
They don’t have the same genetic make-up and sometimes it could work on animals and make humans sick how do you explain that? This is a cruel thing to do to an animal who has no voice at all and can’t tell you when there in pain or scared that’s no way to live your life this is cruel and I think we should test on scum bags who live in jail and go to jail for rape or murder those are the people who should be tested on them shouldn't have a decision if they want to or not do animals?
I don’t think it’s a good thing to experiment on animals because there are other ways to experiment things besides on animals think the scientist who are experimenting on animals aren’t thinking about the animals they think of their job, if the scientist felt what the animal felt he or she would think twice about continuing to experiment on animals.
If animals were the superior beings, they would experiment on us. Would we like it? The answer is no, obviously. God created us in his imagine, do you think he would do this, I do not think so. We as humans are so selfish, and what come first is me, myself, and I. If humans are superior we should demonstrate it by thinking about the well-being of others.
Animals and humans are exactly the same and we shouldn't use this advantage, it’s not fair. Animals are dying because of this and do we try and stop it? NO! But we should try to, for the sake of the animals.Posted by: AnonymousWords of Carl Jung.
I agree with psychotherapist and psychiatrist Carl Jung, who said, "During my medical education I found vivisection horrible, barbarous, and above all, unnecessary". How could any decent human being look into the eyes of his fellow creatures and continue this evil practice? I understand that there has been computer generated simulation for many of these cruel experiments for a number of years. So why use an innocent animal?
Posted by: AnonymousI do not think it is morally acceptable to test products on animals, there are more natural ways to test a products safety.
An animal shouldn't have to suffer in order for us to know if its safe. There are plenty of safe reactions that can be done in a lab. Animals are getting mistreated in order for there to be a particular product. Animals are going blind and getting sick from these experiments and they cant tell you what your feeling.
Posted by: C0ImEIiteIt is not morally acceptable to experiment on animals, because we diminish ourselves whenever we abuse those weaker than ourselves.
This is a moral question. The question of what "rights" we have over animals is rooted in our religious beliefs. Conveniently enough, most western religions "give" us everything on this globe to do with as we wish. Several eastern religious belief systems are not so generous about giving away the world. We use animals as entertainment. In some countries, bear-baiting is still practiced. We "enjoy" cock fighting, bull fighting, and other forms of what is basically animal torture. We object to dog fighting, because we choose to believe that dogs are companions and protectors. Using animals for experiments presents two problems. First, it doesn't really work that well. Animals have radically different physiologies than humans. Animal experiments have often had disastrous results when tried on humans. Unfortunately, government funding agencies still pass out money in proportion to the number of animals used in the experiment. There are sophisticated computer simulation programs that yield much more usable and accurate results. The second issue is that many of the conditions we are trying to "cure" are of our own making, the result of our own unhealthy habits, and pollution of our environment. Why should animals be sacrificed for our stupidity and self-indulgence?
Posted by: CI3IikeNO TESTING ON ANIMALS
Animals and humans are equal, none of them were made to rule the planet. Turn it around and animals will be the higher form of life. Would you like if they took you closed you into a box and thenwould rub chemicals into your skin or drop them in your eyes! Think about it.
Posted by: AnonymousWe're in this together.
Just because one creature is considered an animal and the other is not (humans; even though we are indeed another animal) does not give us the right to conduct studies against the will of a living being. Some may say "oh it can't talk or think for itself on the matter". However, neither can a human child, yet they would both feel the effects of these experiments. Nothing should suffer for something someone else wants. We, including human society and other animals, should all share the same physical rights. We share the same world, the same air, the same food, so the same essential rights to our own bodies should exist as well. We wouldn't inflict physical or mental harm to one of our own for these experiments when we can defend ourselves, so we should not inflict harm on to defenseless animals, who don't have a voice in the matter. In addition, most of the products we test on animals we don't require them as a necessity, and the animals don't require them either so they shouldn't have to suffer for it.
Posted by: AnonymousAnimals are just as equal
Animals have feelings emotions, and a heart. They need their parents as they grow up. Just like humans do. Being a human I can defend myself against diseases and protect myself against many other obstacles. Animals cannot. If you test HUMAN products on HUMANS we can easily find an anit-biotic to stop the infection/disease/rash before it kills you. Animals are helpless when it comes to this. So if you test these products on animals they will suffer, then die painfully.
ON the other hand, if humans are in need of a product, you test it on another human. Humans who have done wrong, such as prisoners that have been sentenced to death. It would be a completely different situation if humans tested animal products on humans. Which scientists don't do. If I think into the future i don't think I would see them doing any such thing. Animals are not morally greater than humans, and vice-versa.Posted by: AnonymousFor medical nor cosmetic research is it ok
People say that human rights is more important than animal rights, but the fact of the matter is, humans are animals to, so why is one species more important than another. We often say that we need to protect the less common species, there are 8 billion humans in the world, so use humans as the common species and protect the less common by not testing on monkeys, why not pay people who give informed consent.
Testing on other animals other than humans will not give accurate results for what will happen when tested on humans; using tissue cultures means you know that you are not going to kill somebody.
People often abuse animals and even places that say they are against animal abuse it can still happen, and after the test animals are also often killed to keep the costs down.
Poor hygiene and treatment can invalidate the results so it is an unfair test so the animals needlessly suffered, and more will also have to go through the test.Posted by: tytrainsToxins, budget, life.
I disagree because, there are more advanced science in this generation, and there should not be animal testing when you can not waste a life of an animal for a study that would not help anyone to solve any cures or so on. Prisoners that get life-sentence should get tested on instead of harmless animals.
Posted by: AnonymousAnimals are gods creatures to
if you disagree with killing, humans why not animals? animals have a pulsing heart and are alive. they deserve to be treated in a way of compassion and empathy. medicine use on animals is not necessary, just take a few cells of a living organism.
Posted by: AnonymousTesting an animal is no different than testing a human
Animals were put on Earth to be our supply of food. They were not put on Earth to be taken under subject to be tested on. No one would like it if they were to be tested on. Testing oon animals is showing that the human race believes they can do anything. I think the people that do the testing should be put in a mental hospital.
Posted by: AnonymousIt is morally unacceptable to me for animals to suffer for the purpose of human advancement.
Humans need to get off their ego trips and stop thinking that the world's other living creatures are for trial and error experiments. It is morally wrong to do testing on animals, which many times means subjecting our animals friends to unspeakable suffering. There is a special place in Hell for people who mistreat animals.
Posted by: F ClaytonWhy should humans have dominion?
A common argument would go something along the lines of this 'We are superior, so why can't we?'. Well, surely the question arises, why can we? Just because we are more developed as a species, why does that give us the right to abuse other animals for our benefit?
'The notion that human life is sacred, just because human life is medieval.' - Peter SingerPosted by: AnonymousAnimals have feelings too
If you were a little monkey, in a cage, about to be cruely tested in, how would you feel? Killing cute little harmless animals for the benifet of human beings is inumane! How does it help us? Animals do not have the same mind, organs, or anything else same with ud. It doesnt show anything if we use animals. Its pretty much just animal abuse for the 'benifent' for human beings (wich it is not a benifet!) it is horrible to watch helpless animals die for no reason. Look up animal testing and watch a video. If you heart is not wrenched at one then. You have no heart!
Posted by: AnonymousHumans who test on animals are not of human kind
To ignore the pain, emotion and suffering that an animal endures when being experimented on, removes that which makes you human.
The fear in it's eyes, the screams of pain, the way it tries to fight back, is everything a human would do when harmed.
People who perform such experiments should volunteer to have it done on themselves or alternatively these experiments should be done on convicts on death row or have received life sentences. You can't get a better experimental candidate than that!Posted by: AnonymousProducts For Humans
Animals shouldn't be tested on human products. If we make the products why then do we test it on animals instead when they are for humans. Animals shouldn't have to suffer and since the products are for human use why test on a innocent animal that has different qualities from us?
Posted by: AnonymousIt's selfish.
Just because humans have dominated the world doesn't mean they should be allowed to test on animals! It's plain and simply WRONG and extremely selfish! They have as much right to live as we do. They are innocent creatures who feel pain too. Most of the products tested on them are not even suitable for humans! They have a heartbeat, a brain and emotions just like we do. They have done nothing to deserve this.
Posted by: AnonymousThe safety of us humans is substantial to a sane and safe society.
We humans, as humans, all have something to lose, and scientific testing could risk that. I consider this suicidal. Sooner or later the scientific world would take over and know of their superiority while our population is depleting rapidly because of the experimental desire for knowledge. I find it unnecessary unless the reward is high enough.
Posted by: AnonymousIt is wrong for animals to be used for experiments.
People are risking an animals life for their experiments. It is wrong and selfish. If you decide to ham an animal is is wrong and od agrees. Killing an animal is not wrong as long s you eat it. The moral of this is DO NOT use animals for this because it is WRONG and SELFISH!
Posted by: AnonymousIt is not morally acceptable to experiment on animals for human purposes, the animals have no choice.
Testing on animals to benefit humans is selfish of humans. The animals are not given a chance to live in their natural environment, and instead spend their lives in a laboratory. The bodies of non-human animals are so different from the bodies of humans that a majority of the research found in animals, does not transfer to humans. A lot of the experiments would be harmless to a human, which would be the superior test subject. The conditions that the animals are kept in, would be considered abuse if non-business individuals kept them that way.
Posted by: WorldLeoNO - Unethical & Unnecessary
Animal testing is unethical, for obvious reasons... but it is also unnecessary. Our world is so technologically advanced that we no longer need to test on animals and submit them to violence. Scientists can use in-vitro technology, human simulators, sophisticated modeling, cadavers.. and many other things they could test their experiments and products on without harming innocent little lives. PLEASE DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE YOU SUPPORT ANIMAL TESTING. I supported it most of my life until I did the research, and realized that I was wrong about every thought I had. FACT: Do you realize that 93% of tests that PASS on animals, FAIL on humans?? Because we are NOT the same!! We are living things and that is about all we have in common. It is almost sad to me that scientists can inject a mouse with a new drug and then when that mouse doesn't die, they think that it is safe to inject into a human.
There are PLENTY of other MORE successful, MORE human-relevant, ways to go about researching and testing new products and drugs. Please spare innocent lives and do not support animal testing or businesses who test on animals.
-- Some sad tests include: PUPPIES being FORCED to eat pesticides. RABBITS having cosmetics and other products smeared in their eyes. MICE/ OTHERS being injected with different diseases, hormones, and drugs. PLEASE just goggle "Animal testing on Monkeys"... you don't even have to read a word, but look at the photos. It's SICK. COMPLETELY DISGUSTING. It literally almost makes me hate every part of my own 'species'.
We have to stop this.Posted by: AnonymousWe are equal
animals and humans are exactly the same and we shouldn't use this advantage,its not fair. Animals are dying because of this and do we try and stop it? NO! But we should try to, for the sake of the animals. We wouldn't like it if we were them, would we?
Posted by: AnonymousHumans and animals are equal
If animals were the superior beings, they would experiment on us. Would we like it? The answer is no, obviously. God created us in his imagine, do you think he would do this, I do not think so. We as humans are so selfish, and what comes first is me, myself, and I. If humans are superior we should demontsrate it by thinking about the well-being of others.
Posted by: Anonymoustesting on animals isn't necessary to do when it can be done in other ways
i dont think its a good thing to experiment on animals because there are other ways to experiment things besides on animals.i think the scientist who are expirementing on animals arn't thinking about the animals they think of their job,if the scientist felt what the animal felt he or she would think twice about continueing to experiment on animals.
Posted by: AnonymousNo
An animal did not have a say if people want to study stuff let the scientest try it on themselves
Posted by: AnonymousWe are killing innocent lives for irrelevant research.
Some drugs proved safe in animals were devastating in human consumption, because animal bodies often respond differently than ours do. We may have some similarities in our DNA, however we are not the same! The small differences that we have play an important role, so I am against animal experimentation!
Posted by: AnonymousNo, it is ethically wrong and inhumane.
There are other ways to test. Animal testing isn't even accurate to that of a human. Our bodies function differently. We need to use our technology to test new drugs and products, not using innocent lives. I understand people wanting to eat meat, I am not against using animals as food, but they need to be "put down" in an ethical way.
Posted by: Anonymousno
They dont have the same genetic makeup and sometimes it could work on animals and make humans sick how do you explain that? This is a cruel thing to do to an animal who has no voice at all and cant tell you when there in pain or scared thats no way to live your life this is cruel and i think we should test on scum bags who live in jail and go to jail for rape or murder those are the people who should be tested on they shouldnt have a descion if they want to or not do animals? no
Posted by: AnonymousAnthropocentricity
Anthropocentricity is the cause of human beings thinking we should be center stage. Such a concept is formed by ourselves. Somewhere deep inside, we know it is unethical to use animals for experimentation but understandably, we deny it when it comes to the benefit of our loved ones or ourselves.
Posted by: AnonymousDEFINITELY NOT!
Some people, such as scientists and researchers, believe that animals do not have any rights. They say it is easier to test on animals than it is on humans because they want to save human lives. And maybe it is, because those scientists and researchers aren’t the ones feeling the pain. However, I disagree because just like humans, animals are conscious beings; they breathe, they eat, they sleep, they think, they feel, and they need our protection. And just like humans beings, they also get hurt. So how is it not fair for us to be hurt and abused but fair for those poor innocent creatures to be hurt and abused? How would those scientists like to have a new chemical put in their eyes to see if it is irritating? And how would those researchers like to receive head injuries so that new treatments could be tried out? Would they be willing to use their own children to train people to use a surgical stapler? I don’t think so! So why are they doing these things to innocent animals?
Posted by: AnonymousWhy is it moral not to test on animals?
Keeping pets, and treating them like family members has breed a thought of protecting them all, when in fact they are animals. If man has the capability of testing without the use of humans, it can at the least control the situation as opposed to genocide. Human zoos shouldn't exist as the same point of animal testing argued opposingly. We are forcing something in the light of our own "compassion"
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