Are we cold blooded murderers??

I find many people protesting against animals being used in labs for testing. But they don’t understand there would be no lifesaving drugs if not for animal research!! Of course, there are alternatives like cell culture and computer based virtual testing.... but would FDA approve your drug without showing your animal testing results?? People want science to find a cure for all the deadly diseases, but not without animals? May I ask how they want that done? Through magic??

Dont test them on animals; Test the drugs on urselves first??

Don’t get me wrong ppl.... I AM against cruelity to animals.... but who would you rather see dead?? That little five year old suffering miserably due to brain tumor while her friends play outside ....... or a lab rat?? You can’t deny the rat traps and rat poison people use to keep out these creatures..... is that not cruelty then?? Sure, they have the right to live on this planet as much we do....... so does the Chicken you had for lunch!

You may ask, can the drugs tested on animals be given to humans? After all they have different body makes! No probs, you share 95% of DNA with a rat! And even after testing on rats, the drug is tested on human body tissues and even on live humans (clinical trials) before they get approval..... If Edward Jenner hadn’t tested his vaccine on James Phipps, we wouldn’t have got the smallpox vaccine and his work is said to have 'saved more lives than the work of any other man'. Today small pox has been entirely wiped out from the planet! 

Let’s be sensible friends. The scientists ARE trying to minimise the usage of animals for testing drugs by finding alternatives........ but setting free a lab full of lab-bred primates who have no idea how to feed themselves and destroying 2 decades of research results that would have helped mankind, in the name of saving the animals and giving back their freedom, is totally ABSURD!

It’s not about choosing between the Good and the Bad..... It’s about finding which Good is the better and which bad is the worser among the options!!

Please give ur views on this topic.... I’m open to new opinions (It sure CAN contradict mine)!