Should Testing on Animals Be Banned?

It should be expanded!

animal testing should be banned ages ago already!!! Animals suffer and thousands die every second coz of testing...imagine the world without them! We have to STOP TESTING once and for all

I am going to write about our animals they have a voice and that's me and everyone too.

How will we know which recipe to use without testing?

I meant to click the YES button... UGH!

Do you love our animals do something about it you better get with it girl these are our God's animals you are talking about and I mean it.

ABSOLUTELY. Animals deserve equal rights. I'm a vegan and I don't eat anything that comes from animals because I believe that they are being abused and hurt. And the testing isnt even accurate sometimes!

Unseen they suffer, unheard they cry, in agony the linger, in lonliness they die...Stop the abuse... by Animal Rescue Helper!!!

Test on Pedophiles and Animal abusers

and DEMOCRATS!

animals are a different species than us. people should be experimented on. there are plenty of criminals in jail on death row that have committed heinous crimes and they should be made useful. animals on the other hand are innocent and don't have a choice in the matter it appears. also there are much more modern techniques being used.

The torture and abuse against animals is unethical and a breading ground for serial killers and serial abusers. If investigated the vast majority of those involved in abusing and torturing animals ALSO ABUSE AND OR TORTURE HUMANS, especially spouses, the elderly and children. GO AFTER THE REAL TERRORISTS.

Give criminals a chance to volunteer to obtain reduced jail time, privileges and the opportunity to pay society for their crimes, Using human subject would be more efficient and fast. And first hand information is even better, so researchers and investigators should use each other.
To answer your question YES, YES, YES.

It's more humane thane testing potentally toxic meds and make up on humans

you're an idiot!!!

How so? or are you just throwing random insults at whoever disagrees.

No, you are!

And you are not nice about our God's animals i love our god's animals you should too get with it I mean it.

Well which sounds more ethnic, testing potentially toxic chemicals on mice or testing potentially toxic chemicals on humans? If there was an alternative I'd be all for it but unfortunately there isn't with no questionible ethics.

Yes,the act of hurting, and murdering a precious living soul SHOULD BE BANNED.

Then how would be able to test new meds? On actual humans?

a precious living soul = animal.
test on humans.

So you'd rather end a human life... and potentially a family than some lab rats.

HAHAHA!

As heart breaking and as cruel and quite frankly inhumane as it is, Animal test serves a purpose and a valuable one at that. There are not enough human volunteers to test on and there are few doctors who condone testing untested drugs on humans thanks to the Hippocratic Oath.

If it wasn't for animals we would not see the life pro-longing drugs we see today. Cancer would not be held in check, heart disease would still mean death. Animal Testing saves lives and not always at the expense of another.

hogwash!!!! there are more alternative testing than make more sense than torturing an innocent animal. animals are different from us. test on humans.

They do test on humans. When they can be reasonably sure that it will cause no or minimal lasting harm so as to not violate the hippocratic oath. However to do that, they need to test on animals and other things to make sure there are no extreme reactions.

Of course, a lot of testing is done in the theory because we know what certain combinations will do to each other should they be placed in contact. So an awful lot is ruled out before it even gets to the animals. That however is when we learn new things about the chemicals and how they react with each other by observing the reactions.

Animal testing is only carried on when things are NOT known as well as in peer review to check that it is really known and not just a false positive result.

Many of the animals in Animal testing are treated far better than their counterparts in the real world. It's even worse when PETA goes and releases them into the wild. (Idiots). Animal testing is also subject to ethical standards and every test is subject to an ethics board review.

Some animals are bred for the purpose of testing and this is ethically questionable, however the animals are tested with certain conditions to check if the medicine works rather than makes it worse (which would be unethical).

How else will we be able to tell the smart ones from the dumb ones?

I believe this argument can be broken down to a simple question; do you think that harm of any kind requires justifcation? I do, and so i can't support a practice that harms something that dosn't deserve it just to help something else 2 wrongs don't make a right.

How else will we be able to tell the smart ones from the dumb ones?

I say that we should instead do the testing on the people against animal testing

you're another idiot! there are tons of criminals in jail and death row that shouldn't have a say in the matter. making them useful for once in their lives makes perfect sense, jerkoff.

Wow, the language you use highlights your own idiocy

Ya lets totally take people and test drugs on them against their will because that's totally not against personal freedoms and rights

I think humans are a little bit more valuable than some lab bred mice

why don't we just test it on morons like you

I think it's very Important I know so by fact we must stand up and speak out for Animal Rights to stop the Animal Crulty in this Whole wide World let our animal be free you must think that our people don't love them well you have your head screw on wrong I do know that you are being very silly about this I really do.

But then how do we do legitimate medical tests?

We should test things on the French instead.

nnaaww... that was a GOOD one!

Screw the French how about Americans ^_^