moon_child113
Badgerkin
I support humane research organisations which work to find cures for human diseases without using animals. The truth of it is that vivisection doesn't help human medicine because of differences in the bodies and systems of humans and the animals used in testing. In fact, it has often proved misleading - drugs passed 'safe' for humans by animal tests have gone on to cause unforseen side effects in humans which harm and kill people. The first time a new drug is trully tested is when it is first given to human volunteers.
The way forward is to use modern methods like computer models, cell and tissue cultures and molecular studies rather than using the unreliable, unscientfic and barbaric methods of vivisection.
The way forward is to use modern methods like computer models, cell and tissue cultures and molecular studies rather than using the unreliable, unscientfic and barbaric methods of vivisection.
Thank you, that was almost exactly what I was going to say.
Another thing, testing on animals, is it the testing or the conditions under which they are tested that most people object to?
The quantity of specimens used and thrown away is unacceptable. They dont see them or treat them as if they are living breathing creatures or animals with brains and instincts and many of the things that make us as humans. They see them as test subjects, units, disposable, and treat them accordingly. The conditions that the animals survive in are diplorable and numbing. I think that it is as much to oppose as the testing its self.
I personally object to both the testing itself and the conditions the animals are kept in. All animal experiments are unneccesary and the testing itself at best causes discomfort and fear to the animal and at worse causes extreme pain.
I agree that the conditions the animals are kept in makes vivisection even more deplorable. The barren cages provide a environment without stimulation or social interaction. The treatment of animals by some lab workers has been exposed by undercover filming. At Huntingdon Life Sciences in Cambridgeshire, England, HLS staff were filmed for Channel Four shouting at, shaking, hitting and punching beagle puppys (two people were subsequently convicted of cruelty to animals) In Covance Labs (also in England) an investigation by the BUAV (British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection) found amongst other examples of cruelty that "monkeys were slapped about the body, shaken and prodded whilst restrained. One monkey was called 'Rape' by staff because she screamed frequently." cry
It makes me wonder how many more instances of animal cruelty and abuse by workers occur in these places without anyone finding out about it.
