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)!
Still you are a cold blooded murderer. :P
ReplyDeleteHey, how can anyone become cold blooded murderers?? oO
Aren't we warm blooded :D
Cold blooded murder according to British law is that;
DeleteTerminating some ones life with out warning and in defenseless situation. in other words.
Some one walking in the street minding his/her own business and another person walks to the person and stabs the first without any motive or warning or giving the person chance of defending itself.
Thanks for enlightening us Semsa! :)
DeleteVery true and good read.
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