Is animal testing morally wrong?

Is animal testing morally wrong?

Around the world, animals are used to test products ranging from shampoos to new drugs to treat cancers. Antibiotics, HIV drugs, insulin and anaesthetics all rely on animal testing, and British law states that any new drug must be tested on at least two different species of live mammal.

Surely this can't be necessary? Animals have as much right to life as humans and modern technology must be able to provide an alternative.

Is it morally wrong to use animals, or is it difficult to ignore the fact that operations on them helped develop techniques such as organ transplants and open-heart surgery?

Do we need animal testing to fight against diseases and to advance medicine? Have your say.

 

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  1.  
    mark from luton says:
    Oct 20, 17:42

    Animal testing is like the nazis did but easier targets for the current sad people,little harmless animals.

  2.  
    allan from west yorkshire says:
    Oct 20, 16:49

    stop testing on animals.use big fat smelly humans they dont feel anything

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    Andy Capp from Colchester says:
    Oct 20, 14:06

    Animal testing is absolutely wrong.
    When insects become the dominant species on earth they will be testing on us humans kept in cages .... think on that one Mr animal tester!

  4.  
    Yogi from Meditation says:
    Oct 20, 13:52

    Well, do bears **** in the woods?

  5.  
    Tommy Murry from manchester says:
    Oct 19, 14:24

    Of course its morally and effically wrong to experiment on animals, when you concider that in the final stages of those experiments, any such drug / item (shower gel) has to be then tested on human volunteers (i.e. the drug tests that went tragically wrong not so long ago) why does a dog or a monkey be forced to smoke? or be used at all, its downt money again and nothing to do with the effects on mankind, why not adopt Dr Mengalas technec, practices in the prison camps, and experiment on prisoners, with a cut in sentence for their efforts.

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