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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  • Phat P
    What medical research?

    The irony here is a bit overwhelming to say the least. SARS was caused and spread by humans using animals in the first place. By describing how researchers used animals to locate the cause of the SARS virus but leaving out the fact that humans caused the virus by exploiting and using non humans in the first place is a kin to blaming someone for killing someone while breaking and entering their home. INSANE!
    LEAVE THE ANIMALS ALONE!

    - Phat PUS August 6, 2008 11:18AM

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