DarkJackal wrote:inky wrote:If you wannna' start talking about animal testing, go make another thread. You'll require a much bigger space for that. Although I love animals, I do believe that animal testings are one of the necessary things we have to do but are not exactly happy about it. Hell, even my current microbio professor, who has been a vet for 40 years, believes that animal testings are essential for our survival. If you don't know shit about this topic, don't even bother posting. Most of the people who bitch about animal testings only look at it from the surface and don't realize the underlying issues involved in this highly debated topic.
Oh yea, I know a professor who's been a vet for 50 years! And he says it's not!
"Dont talk about it here. *talks about it*" You seem as if you know everything about it, and everyone else is wrong, but all you did is give an opinion and "he says".
I would think animal testing today would seem pretty primitive, killing at least, like intentionally poisoning a group, to see the minimum dose it takes to kill a % of em. But I can see how some would be good and lead to better things, such as the ear on a mouse? I think the mouse dies though.
There are at least alternatives, as Sacch mentioned some.
Sure, why don't we all go vegan since there are alternative ways of acquiring protein? How about we just ask a toy company to make lego models of animals instead of dissecting real ones? Why don't we start spending more of that limited funding on expensive (but "humane") test subjects? How about slow down the progress of ongoing research by listening to a bunch of hippies?
Animal abuse is one thing. Hell, I don't even like the idea of killing animals for fur coats just so someone could look "good" or make more money. But there are things that have to be done that requires sacrifice. If people stopped inoculating microbes on test subjects like guinea pigs during a suspected meat contamination, do you really think people would be fine with that? Certain types of microorganisms can only grow inside a living host. Contrary to popular hippie bullshit, we can't use eggs for everything.
Not all test subjects have alternatives and not all alternatives are cheap and as efficient as the original.
