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I dont feel i can be against this matter as I take drugs if I have a headache or feel un-well. Every
drug used in the UK has to be tested on animals. I do not agree on testing on animals for vanity
issues such as cosmetics though. As part of my degree course within animal welfare I have visited
animal testing companies and to be honest yes animals may feel pain with some of the tests but
really the conditions in most places especially the UK as the UK has higher standards compared to EU
and USA ( due to tighter legislation ) are better than most kennels i've seen. The play areas are
of a higher quality also.
Don't believe what you find on the internet, especially sites like Peta they mean well but they
never back up anything with real evidence and half of the stuff they drag up is from the past, third
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Firstly, just to clear myself up. Animal Testing for Cosmetics are useless. But i must agree with
the fact that Animal Testing for medical use and further space investigation would be necessary.
Think about now, human came to this step because of animal testing. It is extremely important that
animal testing helped us human a lot. Yes, it does sound cruel and disgusting. But what counts is
that it saved the life of YOU. Human would never get to realize how the space works if it wasn't for
a little monkey. We should thank him, he sacrificed himself to let us learn more. Furthermore, i am
sure a lot of the "Against it" people eat meats, why not let the animals die with a better result
than chop them into pieces, fry them with oil and send them inside your stomach? Reconsider our
world. This is the 21st century, ever wonder why dinosaurs extinct? Well, they did not have the
resources to keep them alive so they end up eating each other. This is the exact situation that is
happening now. Dogs, Cats, Hamsters are too lenient on human to keep them living. YOU feed your
pets! YOU give them a house to live in. OK, let say that you guys manage to ban animal testing, what
will happen to the millions of animals that are waiting for test and experiment? Fill your house
with 100 dogs? NO, people will send them to the forest. Now that they are in the forest, what will
they do? They have no resources, they don't have humans to feed them. So they will probably start
eating each other. (sound sick huh?) Humans need to fight in order to survive, animals can die with
a better cause, animal testing is indeed cruel, but the fact that it saves human, overcomes
everything. Hence, animal testing is possibly the only reason why humans are surviving. |
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- Animal testing should not be illegal because it can help living beings and creatures.
- We can get lucky and save the animal’s situation
- It will help people find cures for diseases that we love and care for, especially animals.
- It will also help our community/earth
- Vets can be help and cure other types of animals.
- Even though we are testing the animals and it doesn’t work and it dies, it won’t matter
because they are already in a bad situation. At least, we tried to help them.
- We will make the animals not contagious either way.
- If we continue this we will probably find out a cure for every disease and no living being will
have a hard time because of these diseases interrupting our valuable lives.
- It will cause bliss.
- Some animal testing would fail but most likely, the animals won’t die.
- It is better to test it on animals than on human beings.
- Since we are animal testing, we developed vaccines that will protect being, even animals.
- There was a cure for malaria because of animal testing.
- There was a development for artificial arteries.
- It will keep living beings more healthy and species will grow bigger.
- We can purify certain things/liquids like water and food.
- If animal testing was illegal, people won’t find any more cures for diseases.
- It will save many lives.
- Since we have animal testing, we found a cure for poison by using antidotes. |
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Better kill a hamster than a human. |
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I agree for medical benefits and drugs. For cosmetics there are alternatives and it shouldn't be
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Its illegal to test on humans so on who the hell else are we supposed to test on? Seriously think
about! Nobody said that animal testing has to be cruel and i agree that it still needs to be humane
but i don't think that it should be banned or anything! |
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I'd rather sacrifice 10 animals for 10 million people any day. |
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Testing products on animals is allowed. And will continue as long as it is needed. |
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It's good for medicinal uses but if for anything else like cosmetics it's just plain cruelty |
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Most animal tests aren't even for cosmetic products, whatever PETA and the like says; most animal
experiments are for the developing and safety testing of medicines which save BILLIONS of lives -
which is more than animals tested on. The UK, the Netherlands and Belgium have all banned the
testing of cosmetics on animals - experiments taking place in these countries are purely medical. In
2009, the EU begins a COMPLETE ban of cosmetic testing on animals, it completes in 2013.
There will be plenty of people in this debate whose very lives would be at risk if animal
testing with medicines was banned - about 65% - 70%. There is about that percentage of people you
know who would be dead with out animal testing. Hands up all asthmatics and diabetics! They are a
few of the billions of people saved by animal testing.
Also, around 5% of animal tests are that of animal medicines. This has helped find cures for
many animal deadly diseases - sometimes by accident!
Animal testing is a wonderful thing which saves lives, it isn't ideal, but our only option.
Until a reliable alternative is found, we must keep testing.
I never used to be for animal testing and I do love animals, but it is a vital tool for the
future.
Pickachu: It doesn't cost as many lives as it saves, we are now, still experiencing the benefits of
animal tests 100 years ago. |
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Okay if they did not test on the unfortunate animals who would they test our lovely hair and beauty
products, that so many crave, on? HUMANS? Yes i don't agree but they are the closest things toi
humans so i say deal with it there are far worse issues in the world like Mugabe and people looking
through waste heaps in Malysia for food. Debates like these are just for the people who are
privileged and can talk about this as they have no other worries. |
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Animal testing is completely good, it has given humanity thousands of vaccines, treatments, and
medical advancements. Animal testing can be credited with saving anyone who has diabetes, needed an
organ transplant, saved millions from the smallpox virus (eradicated in 1978) and tons of treatments
and vaccines for common sicknesses. |
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Yes, for medical research only. I do not agree with animal testing for cosmetics |
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We absolutely need to test on animals, without animal testing most of the major medical advancements
that we treasure today wouldn't exist. Anyone who uses insulin, had a transplant, enjoyed not
feeling surgery thanks to anesthetic, or most other treatments for diseases should thank animal
testing |
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Yes of course it should. It could lead to a medical breakthrough (along with the many medical
breakthroughs that are already accredited due to animal testing). It is ridiculous that people are
so bothered about animals. |
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Well we can't test on humans, I say let the little devils be tested on! TUT i say on you animal
rights activists TUT! |
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Yes, what else would we test on? Bugs? |
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In many ways I am against the idea of animal testing, and I have thought it over several times.
The conclusion I have come to is, despite the fact that it seems very much immoral, this has got to
be weighed against the benefit that has come to millions of human beings as a result of animal
testing; several major medical breakthroughs have come about from animal testing, including
penicillin, insulin, the polio vaccine, chemotherapy for childhood leukemia, hip replacement, heart
bypass surgery, and more.
Therefore, I believe that animal testing remains an important aspect of medical research, but it
should also be regulated with various restrictions in place, many of which (as far as I am aware)
exist to prevent its abuse; for example, to prevent the over-use of animal testing, in circumstances
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I believe animal testing has helped in developing important solutions and cures. Lives of all
animals are precious but they are not going to waste and are being utilized to help humans live
their lives better. Most animals used in animal testing are not from the protected species or from
endangered animals and as they are in abundance using them for animal testing is not wrong. I am for
animal testing on animals like rats. |
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While I don't like animal testing per say, I think it has helped civilization immensely. For
instance, scientists have discovered that sharks DON'T get cancer. Without testing them, we may
never find a cure to cancer... |
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Have fun, I guess. |
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Yes i think its hilarious
and awesome |
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Animal testing is WRONG! Here are some reasons why:
~Animals aren’t for us to test on, many animals suffer for our sake!
~Unfair and cruel to the poor animals.
~If people fear to be tested themselves, why test on animals?
~Even though animals are similar to us, humans are humans, and many
things are still very different between animals and humans.
~Many tests results lead to pain, suffering, and death.
~It’s not necessary when there are so many alternatives to it.
~The animals don’t choose to sacrifice themselves for tests, but they are forced to.
~Even though it saves millions of lives, it also kills millions of animals! |
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I'm 100% AGAINST it! Think, people are diffrent then animals, so they have diffrent side affects.
Human testing is much more benificial! Plus, after animal testing they test on humans. So why not
start there? And sence most humans would want too, we could test on prisoners. All the animals that
are used, are raised to be tested animals. How would u feel if you had babys just so they could be
abbused and tested on?! |
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Even if humans were helped by animal testing humans should be at the point where animal testing is
unessisary. What was done is done. Human testing for humans is more benificial and there are people
who are willing to do it.
And im a veggitarian so meat eater is a bad defence state ment for the "for" section and whats also
funny is that the one that says animal testing should be illegal had more "against" then "for" and
this one as well and its on the oposing side. |
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It is horrible what people do to those animals. The animals can't talk to tell people if there in
pain or not, and because of this the humans could be selling items which are dangerous to us. |
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I do not think that it is a good idea to use innocent animals for testing.Most humans think animal
testing is acceptable only because of their intentional ignorance I strongly think that animal
testing should be banned . |
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Yeah why not test on sharks they are immune to everything what retards if they think they can test
on animals i mean really humans aren't the only life forms with feelings |
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No.
I DON';T Agree.
Sharks are immune to all diseases, so no point trying it on them, && have you ever seen a mouse with
make-up on???
I think it would look STUPID!
I think. |
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I am currenty testing on humans in my lab, and the results are clearly more beneficial than testing
on animals. |
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Animal testing ought to be phasing out altogether. Animal testing has brought great benefits in the
past, but other methods of testing drugs and other medical procedures should now replace animal
testing.
Living tissues can be grown in test tubes and new drugs can be tested on these. Computers can also
be programmed to show how medicines will react in the human body. Although some drugs can be used on
animals and humans, this does not mean that they have to be tested on animals in the first place
when alternative methods are available. Alternative methods do work.
Besides, animals aren't always like humans. They don't suffer from all human diseases, so scientists
have to give them the illnesses artificially. The joints in rabbit legs are inflamed with chemicals
to help research in rheumatism. These tests do not always work because animals do not react to drugs
in the same way as humans. Aspirin, for example, damages pregnant mice and dogs, but not pregnant
women. Arsenic, which is a deadly poison for humans, has no effect on sheep, while penicillin, which
is so valuable to humans, kills guinea pigs. |
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Why would you animal test it's killing poor animals. Imagine it being you. If it's an over
populated animal than I could see that being more reasonable :] |
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For all who agree to this... Where do they keep people like you?
You cant test on something with a different body which will react differently than a human |
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Animal testing is bad so no but if you are with it you have the rate to be with it but stal its
croul read my comment and you will understand |
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Wouldn't it make more sense to test the rapists and killers that are sentenced to death? |
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To the people in favour of animal testing: Firstly, have any of you SEEN what it entails? Are you
aware of the abuses that can and do occur behind closed lab doors? No, probably not. There are
better alternatives becoming available to animal testing, alternatives that give a better indication
of a drugs reaction in humans than on animals. Do some research before you form an opinion on
something this horrible. Perhaps you should start with the name of a drug called "Vioxx"? |
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ANIMAL TESTING SHOULD BE BANNED!!
Think about it..... Think that is you??? Would you LIKE that???? |
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In my opinion animals are worth a zillion of any human. Humans have so many bad traits it sickens me
to my stomach! Humans ar slfish, greedy, abusive, ungrateful, uncaring, shallow and spineless. Human
nature is evil! Animals are innocent beings and have the same right to be on this earth as we do. At
Least animals are spectacular, and i think they should be worshipped and treat as we wish to be
treated. Animal testing makes me so angry, they have done nothing to deserve such horrible
treatment, and yet disgusting paedophiles get to roam this world freely harming innocent children.
Criminals stealing from elderly women, free to inflict such harm again. I tell you what it should be
these disgusting things on earth that should be tested on! To be quite honest your comment has
disgusted me! |
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Quit manhandling the poor animals.
Ok, how about human testing? |
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It's wrong. Think about it. It's so sad. |
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No! If dogs and animals switched for a day, how would you like to be the guniea pig, getting
tested?? Although i do see how it would be difficult and dangerous if there weren't any testing
whatsoever |
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No that is cruel leave animals the way they are. Were animals then why aren't we tested. Eh? |
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Animal testing should never be aloud, because animals, are the legs of human society. And testing
on hobos and orphans that's just dumb. |
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The only good candidates to see if a product is right for HUMANS is HUMANS! Let's just take orphans
or hobos off the street. They have no lives! Also, holding animals against their own will is
totally unethical.
However, if it's animals that are used to test products for animals, use with caution. |
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I think its horrible what people do to animals yeah it probably has given lot of medical stuff but
it probably hasn't. Animals are different they probably have a different reaction to the things they
stick in them |
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We should do human testing |
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I think animal testing is bad because it must hurt them a lot |
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No! It isn't fair for the animals. If any testing, it should be the maker or a volunteer, not
someone (like an animal) who can't choose to by itself and is forced to do it. |
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An animals life is just a valuable as yours, so think about it.... |
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I agree with everything people have said in this category. No, you're right, we cannot test on
humans, BUT, and this is a pretty big 'but', we do not need to. Animals react to drugs and chemicals
differently than humans, because they're DIFFERENT! We have far more sophisticated non-animal tests
available - I mean, we've mapped the human genome for crying out loud! We do not need to test on
animals. There's nothing more we can learn from them, because there's so many more tests we can use.
I agree that many medical breakthroughs have come from animal testing, yes, but that was when we HAD
nothing else. We do NOW, and there's no excuse for it. Animal lives have no more or less value than
human lives; in fact, studies have shown that pigs are even smarter than dogs, and nobody would even
CONSIDER branding and burning their cute little puppy. Contrary to what a lot of people tell
themselves (and their children), animals feel pain, like we do, even if they can't tell us how much
it hurts. They bleed, just as we do. They suffer, just as we do. They get thirsty, just like we do.
They get hungry, sad, and lonely, just like we do. They want to live, just like we do. We do not
have the right to play God and take these creatures' lives away in the name of science and research.
We can't even explain what we're doing to them. Even if we could, what would we say? It's
unscientific, because you can't accurately apply the results to humans. We don't know what they're
capable of feeling, so what right do we have to dictate how they're going to spend their lives? No,
scratch that. They don't have lives. Life in a steel cage is NOT life. It was wrong when we did it
orphans, African-Americans, GIs, and gypsies - and we did - and it's wrong when we do it to animals.
We have cloned human skin. We have cell-based tissue models. Many companies perform unnecessary
animal tests, as there are some required by law. Why not use these more sophisticated tests? When
more complex science exists, we no longer need to stoop to this level. We know cigarettes are
dangerous. Why do we still perform smoking tests on dogs and monkeys? There's no scientific value in
it. Just because they can't speak doesn't make them stupid, or incapable of feeling, thought, or
fear. All this in the name of science? I don't think so. |
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It is wrong on so many different levels; innocent animals get hurt, it's cruel and it's inhumane.
But because there's a lot of heartless creeps who couldn't give rat's behind (pun intended) about
the welfare of animals. For those, I ask them to look at the potential dangers it could pose for
humans.
Humans and animals have very different genetic make-ups. Even primates have major differences from
humans. Something that works on a chimpanzee, may not work on a human. But because we have somehow
man aged to convince ourselves that we are so alike that whatever works on them will work on us, it
would be used - resulting in disastrous consequences for humans. So yes, heartless creeps, animal
testing isn't good for humans either so there's a reason for you. |
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No ever think about the dogs are never besides you could create some monsteer. |
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Taffy4jc you are insane animal testing is cruel and is NOT right and your reason is evil therefore
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Let's thing about it this way! Animals have feelings, just like people! Testing for cosmetics is a
BIG NO! Absolutely no question about that! Testing for medicines and vaccinations, that's
interesting! I'm personally against it because they could have different effects on animals as they
do have humans, so why not test on humans? Why are animals lives any less important than humans?
That's what i don't understand! People may be more intelligent but that gives no right to
automatically think your more important! |
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I'm not the world's biggest animal lover, but even I think doing animal testing is inhumane and just
above all, horrible. |
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