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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  • Stormwolf
    Why

    how come humans never think about what other species feel

    put your self in the viewpoint of a rat, how would you feel if you were imprisoned and tested on without your permission??

    i'm not biasing my arguments on human welfare because humans never cared about other species, this selfish, self absorbed species should care more about it's surrounding species and environments

    - StormwolfCA February 12, 2009 3:23PM

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    • cbooh
      put myself in the viewpoint of a rat???

      no thank you i put out traps if i see any rats....hate, hate, hate them and if that is wrong so be it...if you want them crawling around your house fine but not me ...

      - cboohUS October 30, 2009 11:42PM

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