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Animal Testing
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Anyone who believes animal testing is a necessary evil and is fed up of animal rights activists digging up grannies having all the say- please have a look at this site:
http://www.peoplespetition.org.uk/
I think it's long overdue; yes animal testing is unpleasant but for now it's necessary and it's about time there was an outlet for the rational supporters to have a say. Apparently a lot of it is moving abroad due to pressure from animal rights groups, which I consider to be a bad thing as the animal welfare regulations in the UK, as far as I'm aware, are stricter than pretty much anywhere else.
http://www.peoplespetition.org.uk/
I think it's long overdue; yes animal testing is unpleasant but for now it's necessary and it's about time there was an outlet for the rational supporters to have a say. Apparently a lot of it is moving abroad due to pressure from animal rights groups, which I consider to be a bad thing as the animal welfare regulations in the UK, as far as I'm aware, are stricter than pretty much anywhere else.
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I don't know anyone who would agree to being in a drugs trail for a drug that hasn't even been tested on animals yet! It is not really feasible to have human testing in the early stages, to me there is a very significant difference between killing 30 rabbits and killing 30 people....
There is probably no point in doing early drugs testing on people, the whole point is that animals have to be used to perfect the drug before it can be of any use to (or even safe to be used on) people, you can't go around causing death/permanent damage in people in the early stages of drug trails just for the sake of using humans. As I undestand it, the majority of (if not all) drugs are tested on humans before they are released, so as to at least avoid short term problems.
Makes no difference to me... life is life and no life is greater than an other...
There is point of doing early stages testing on human, human are not animals and so test that might not work on animals might work on humans which could help develop new drugs and treatment that could save a lots of humans... People who always say animals testing is needed always point out that it has to be done for research, but if they were that keen on doing everything possible to find out new drugs and treatment that would save millions they would agree with huma testing at early stages too...
No cos I don't care about research at all... What's the point with humans living longer... all they do is fucked everything up and we are already way too much on this planet... I don't think animals testing should exist either... but those who said researchs are so damn important, well they should offer themselves too... otherwise researchs are not that important to them...
We have a life expectancy far higher than ever before. Most people die of natural causes. We dont need to be able to cure everything.
Agreed.
And I'm against animal testing mainly because I think it's wrong (unless the product is actually going to be used on animals in the future) and besides, like it has already been mentioned, animals and humans will react differently.
Aren't all of those natural causes... aren't any virus or sickness natural causes anyway...
But a large chunk of animal testing in the early stages is to ascertain things like the LD50, surely it would be just a tiny be unethical to test the LD50 on human subjects?
And, all medical testing isnt about pre-longing our lives out beyond the 100 mark, people die for no good reason in middle age or younger.
we could live FOREVER. oh joy, except half the time, they spend an absolute fortune researching cures, but then we cant afford the drugs, or the operation is too expensive.
The MS drugs that wont be provided on the NHS.
Why not put more money into being able to use the cures we already have, than developing new cures that only rich people will be able to use anyway and tbh, have no guarantee even for them.
I also agree with NihilisticMadman... A life is a life whatever creature it is and also note that animals are different to humans in some ways.
It is all about pandering to human emotions and our survival gene. To sound cold and wicked, it is not benefitting the human race at all... To come back down to earth, we all adore our loved ones and wold do anything to save them.
Interesting viewpoint.
So basically if you are fortunate to contract a disease for which a cure already exists then you will get it, and we will save you life. If you contract something for which there is no cure, then you are stuffed and should die?
Harsh.
Especially when you consider the push for euthanasia in this country too.
Why? A life is a life imo...
I know it's not, but the amount of people dying for deseases we are doing research on is tiny and might just be natural selection... And as said before when some cure for such deseases are found they are too expensive to be used and the people they could saved die anyway...
Well for cancer I think there is already quite a lot of treatment that do work... more than 4 people in familly got cancer at different stages and have been cured... also for all those desease what are the ages of the majority of people who got them... most of them are already old and ages ago they wouldn't even have live that old...
So I presume you are ethically against pest control?
why would I not be against it... do you always have to kill what bother you? No you don't, it's just easier to do so...
Where do you draw the line, flies? Worms? Germs? Viruses? A life is a life after all.
yes you are right everything is life, there is no lines to be drawn...
sorry about that... what ages were they?
So for you, the use of soap when washing your hands is the same as mass murder.
All the cancer research they do, all the animal testing, and still people die.
Yep... also so you don't get me wrong I don't care about anything dying in any sort of way... my main point is that there is no life more important than an other and that if animals testing is ok so is human testing...
Other people may not share that view and would probably want to live after they get a serious disease or condition.