Can Medical Research on Animals be Justified?

Can Medical Research on Animals be Justified?

No one relishes using animals for experimentation, but the medical community has long insisted that such research helps develop potentially life-saving drugs and treatments. Is this justification compelling enough to continue using animals for medical research?

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Animal Research Protects Human Rights
- From Wesley Smith
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By Wesley J. Smith - Senior Fellow in Bioethics
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  • Citizen D
    Animal Testing: the furry side of torture

    Animal Testing is both morally reprehensible and scientifically irresponsible.
    Humans save human lives, animal torture does not.

    - Citizen D July 28, 2008 1:58PM

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  • Rainie
    Yes it does, but....

    Mother Earth does not belong to humans only, but also many millions and billions of other organisms.
    We protect human rights, so what? Do humans care about other organisms? Very soon, this world will be filled with humans who do not feel for other organisms on this Earth. There must be another way to conduct researches than conducting them on animals. As an expert, I think you will be able to find out an alternative method for research.
    If a human cares about human rights, it shows that the human respects life, therefore, he must respect animals' lives too.

    - Rainie August 21, 2008 1:52AM

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Animal Research Detrimental to Animals & Humans
- From PETA
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By PETA - People for Ethical Treatment of Animals
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