Arguments against animal research
Animal research doesn't work because:
- Animal experiments can be misleading. An animal's response to a drug can be different to a human's
- Successful alternatives include test tube studies on human tissue cultures, statistics and computer models
- The stress that animals endure in labs can affect experiments, making the results meaningless
- Animals are still used to test items like cleaning products, which benefit mankind less than medicines or surgery
Animal testing is morally wrong because:
- Animals have as much right to life as human beings
- Strict controls have not prevented researchers from abusing animals
- Deaths through research are absolutely unnecessary and are morally no different from murder
- When locked up they suffer tremendous stress. Can we know they don't feel pain?
