Quote Originally Posted by Darkmatters View Post
Wait - so you support medical experimentation on animals, like spraying hair spray into their eyes until it blinds them, or testing to failure to discover how much of a particular chemical it takes to cause cancer or death?
I can't make a comment on beauty product testing as I know absolutely nothing about beauty products. I was hoping that it was clear that I only meant "testing medicine on animals" when I said "medical testing of animals".

As asked by Seroquel, is there any other option? Yes, it's unfair to the animals to be brought into life only to be blasted with radiation, given cancer, and then die because because an ultimately useless treatment was given. But you know what else is unfair? A 9-year-old dying of leukemia.

So let's weigh the pros and cons.

Pros of not testing on animals: Some animals do not suffer and die because of humans testing medicine on them.
Cons of not testing on animals: Humans continue to die of Disease X because there is no cure, and simply making up some medicine as a solution and testing it on a human is too unethical and risky for any research firm to fund.


Pros of testing on animals: Medicine can be made to treat things like cancer. Fewer humans suffer and die because of diseases like cancer. The human wealth of knowledge is expanded.
Cons of testing on animals: Some animals suffer and die because of humans testing medicine on them.

Yes, I'm a Speciest. I value human life over that of other animals. But I think the pros outweigh the cons. It's imperfect, unfair, and unfortunate, but until someone genetically engineers masochistic animals, it's a system that must be used.