Animal testing is the use of non-human animals in experiments that seek to control the variables that affect the behavior or biological system under study. Examples of applied research include testing disease treatments, breeding, defense research, and toxicology, including cosmetics testing. In education, animal testing is sometimes a component of biology or psychology courses. There is no nationwide ban on animal testing in the United States. The humane society estimates that more than 50 million dogs, cats, monkeys, rabbits, rats and other animals undergo testing each year in the US.
@ISIDEWITH5yrs5Y
No
@9FBKQ6TWomen’s Equality2wks2W
dont test things on animals they are living things like we are. they have a life and they need to live their life.
@SomberCapitalistGreen2wks2W
Many life-saving treatments and vaccines, such as the polio vaccine, have been developed thanks to animal testing.
Let's take the case of insulin, for example. Before the discovery of insulin, diabetes was a fatal disease. Dogs played a crucial role in the discovery and development of insulin in the early 20th century. Without animal testing, we wouldn't have this life-saving treatment for diabetes that benefits millions of humans today.
Whilst I understand and deeply respect your point, I ask you to consider this: If not animals, then what alternative do you propose to ensure the safety and effectiveness of new medical treatments and vaccines?
@9BC2YCK6mos6MO
It is such a cruel practice to test our products on animals. Even Hitler banned it.
@9F8TGH42wks2W
We already use animals for so many things in our lives: food, clothing, furniture, decoration, even just hunting for fun. We don't need to be testing makeup products on monkeys who aren't going to wear makeup. It's inhumane and cruel and definately should be terminated.
@9FMM2V510hrs10H
These disease or health problems that have been founded using animal testing, some examples are the polio vaccine, or insulin for diabetes.
@ISIDEWITH5yrs5Y
Yes
@9FBKQ6TWomen’s Equality2wks2W
i dont think animal testing is right. you should not use animals to test products on them. its not right they are living things.
@9FF9ZQ9 1wk1W
That animals are living they should not be tested for an exprirement that could go wrong and end with the animals dead. We need animals and if they were to go extinct, we would go extinct
@9FH9V3LPeace and Freedom6 days6D
Animal testing is only acceptable in extreme situations like medicine but not in any other situation. At this point of human advance there should be other ways to make sure products going for human are safe and if the companies do not have enough money to this then there shoud not have the company
@9F8TGH42wks2W
Animals are helpless when it comes to humans. Even just us being in their habitat freaks them out, imagine what it's like to be taken to a lab against your will and be tortured so we can know if it'll work on humans. If you're going to test human products, test them on an actual human, not a defenseless animal.
@9F8LR792wks2W
animals can't say no clearly it's just messed up for them to on things that can't do anything abt it
@ISIDEWITH5yrs5Y
Yes, but not for cosmetics
@9FMKFMVProgressive10hrs10H
Animals are living beings. If we wouldn't test it on a human why would we test it on another living soul?
Animals are beings of nature, just as we are and just as we have been since the beginning of time. You wouldn’t want to see your family pet be abused and poked and prodded with needles, so why are these other animals any different? Why shouldn’t we practice on other humans, wouldn’t that show how makeup and devices and other things work on human skin or how well they work with humans better than animals?
@9FMM2V510hrs10H
Animals are family to us and we need them to continue growing as a race, so why would we test things on them, and not on ourselves.
@9FLRDWHWomen’s Equality1 day1D
The harmful use of animals in experiments is not only cruel but also often ineffective. Animals do not naturally get the diseases that humans do. Such as types of heart disease, many types of cancer, HIV, Parkinson’s disease or schizophrenia. Signs of these diseases are artificially induced in animals in laboratories in an attempt to mock the human disease. These experiments belittle the human conditions which are affected by wide ranges of variables. (Ex: genetics and psychological issues)
@8JPQVPY3yrs3Y
Yes but heavily regulated.
@8M2N46D3yrs3Y
No, not for cosmetics. Drugs should only be tested on animals if it is believed that the drug could improve the animal's health.
@89S67K7Independent3yrs3Y
No, use inmates that are serving life or death sentences and offer incentives for other inmates to volunteer.
@97XMXQB10mos10MO
No, it is cruel, expensive and ineffective
@8PW2KJP 3yrs3Y
Yes, animal testing is necessary for understanding the safety and proper dosages of new medicines and treatments. It would be dangerous and extremely unethical for scientists to test drugs on humans before making sure they are safe. Even though the testing might be harmful to the tested animal, I believe its sacrifice advances developments on medicine that could save millions of lives, both human and not.
@99GH9PQ7mos7MO
Easy for you to say; you're not the one being sacrificed. If human lives are at stake then test on humans. You'll get better results and the medical industries will be forced to rethink and reduce their exploitative methods. In any event animals don't belong to us to do as we please.
@9B3BGKK6mos6MO
Yes, but only for certain animals such as mice and rats
@8FR4FG53yrs3Y
It depends on the animal
@9BLK65R5mos5MO
No, not for cosmetics. Drugs should only be tested on animals if it is truly believed that the drug could improve the animal's health.
@968CDRM12mos12MO
No, this is animal cruelty
@983Y74410mos10MO
no and if they do, they should receive a criminal offense and charges
@97YBR4P10mos10MO
No, this is barbaric and exploitative.
@9DMBKZL 1mo1MO
Yes, but not for cosmetics and must be under regulations to keep the research humane and ethical. If the research facilities cannot keep within standards the research must be shut down.
@9DDDH6X1mo1MO
Yes, but should be held to a high standard in caring for them and no cruelty
@9D3RPBQ2mos2MO
No animal testing is inaccurate and dangerous not to mention unethical to animals.
Yes, but not for cosmetics and restrict testing to rodent species
@8ZRWTPL2yrs2Y
Yes, in humane ways only
@8ZF4FYS2yrs2Y
Yes, but depending on the animal.
@8XJ5H2W2yrs2Y
Yes, but only if the animals are not harmed
@8TMX5T42yrs2Y
Yes, but animals should be treated humanely.
@8TCRV7R2yrs2Y
Yes, but not endangered animals
@8SGX3832yrs2Y
Yes, but it should be heavily regulated.
@8RBC4XF3yrs3Y
yes, but not domesticated animals
@8QLZBGZ3yrs3Y
Yes, but depends on the animal
@8JZ3S563yrs3Y
Yes, but only certain animals.
@9F7XJ6K2wks2W
Vermin types of animals but not animals that are like deer, dogs, sheep, cows, etc.
@DelightfulCivilRights2wks2W
Why are vermin animals different?
@9CFJ5BV3mos3MO
@9CCW2F74mos4MO
No , use pedophiles and rapists
@99HK26W7mos7MO
No, theybshould test them on themselves, or stick to holistic medicine.
@999HVQW7mos7MO
Yes, but while also heavily regulating testing conditions and exploring alternative ways to test
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