Thread: Animal Testing

Well I am against animal experimenting. I mean, there has to be another way to test things that does not involve animal experimenting.
However we cannot deny this, some of the cures for diseases came because they were tested on animals and the doctors saw reactions and what not. Thanks to that we have come with cures of diseases and we also have discovered new diseases.
This issue has its advantages (that I think are very little but very useful) and disadvantages. I mean, the animals that are used to be expertimented are mostly damaged and mistreated and they don't deserve that for the sake of human selfishness.
Animals are living creatures, they are not toys or things we can play with.

For the cosmetic industry... I am all up against tasting the products in animals. I mean it is a very useless to experiment a product on an animal when the product is going to be used by the female animal of the human race....
And even though I am one of the female creatures that uses make up and all that crap I think make up and that stuff is not extricly necessary.... meaning I wouldn't die if I don't have cosmetics.... For me all that is just a selfish desire to become "prettier"...

To be quite honest, I've never been for or against it. I feel like if it keeps humans from experimenting on other humans like Nazis, then let them do it up. It just depends on to what degree of testing we're talking about here. If you're maliciously just comin' up with new tests that are certain to make the animal suffer, then I suppose it's wrong. I can't picture myself making another living being go through something like that. But if it's for a good cause and not just for--say, make-up or chemical testing--then I suppose it's okay.

Either way, I'm not that animal, nor am I the scientist. So, I can't really say too much for or against it.

I'm against animal testing when it comes to things like testing out new creams, make up etc etc. Make up isn't a life saving thing - there is no need to make another creature suffer for something that humans can live without

But having just finished a course that dealt a bit in pesticides, the use of animals such as rats, mice and guinea pigs to test how deadly certain chemicals are or will be to humans. If that wasn't done, think of all the chemicals that would be out on the market that are deadly to us? Or all the humans that would die from testing out how much would kill us XD. And the same when it comes to medical advances, testing on animals do help.

mind you, I by no means like the idea (huge animals lover here) but realistically humans are never going to allow to test on themselves, so much ethical and moral issues involved (though one would argue that there are ethical and moral issues with animal testing aswell..)

Animal testing is cruel and unusual punishment, I would glady replace an animal, if it meant that it didn't die... I have 1 150 pds dog, 4 cats, and 4 kittens that i have rescued from such testing, and let me tell you they are adorable. If anyone would test products on them, i would kill them, so many animals die each day from animal testing, and it really pains me...

It's cruel to do testing on animal, no matter what the tesing is. even if its make up or what ever its cruel

everyone may say that animal testing is cruel and unusual.......

all i have to say is would you whether have ppl testing things on animals.......or children in third world countries........

corporations are going to test there products regardless of what ppl say or do........i would rather have them doing it on lesser animals then humans.....

Originally Posted by Heartless_mage

everyone may say that animal testing is cruel and unusual.......

all i have to say is would you whether have ppl testing things on animals.......or children in third world countries........

corporations are going to test there products regardless of what ppl say or do........i would rather have them doing it on lesser animals then humans.....

I must say well done! Great way to place your point i agree with heartless mage here even though many of your other comments have been rather convincing this one wins them all. Of course, if people banned animal testing they would still need something to test it upon so why not illegally do it to children instead of animals. They get 2 things out of this. 1: Human Reaction to the makeup etc. 2: Profits, it's all the world cares for now, everyone should know that.