Berlin, Ann. 1991. http://www.animalliberationfront.com/Philosophy/Animal%20Testing/Animal%20Testing.htm
This claim is refuted by the Research Defense Society:
- Many human diseases can be found in animals- heart disease, cancer, and asthma
- Some diseases are even caused by animals, so studying them would help find the cause or cure
- "The animals which are tested on are bred for the purpose and kept in good conditions. The regulations surrounding keeping animals for scientific tests in the UK are some of the most comprehensive in the world. These regulations are defined in the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 and include rules so places where animals are kept are inspected to ensure they are kept under certain conditions. "
- If a procedure deals with surgery it is given anesthetics, and painkillers for discomfort
- "Many of the alternatives suggested by animal rights activists such as tissue culture and computer modeling are already used along side animal testing. Before a potential drug is tested on animals it is put through a variety of in vitro tests to check things like toxicity and mutagenicity. If the drug doesn't perform well on these it won't go onto animal tests."
- The effects on some drugs can not be determined from tests with tissue and other models.
- "The interactions found in whole animals and between a mother and her embryo are so complex that to be-able to mimic them would require a lot more knowledge of what actually occurs and advances in technology which don't look set to occur for the foreseeable future. "
Questions
1.How many facilities have these conditions?
2. Not all facilities are these nice to animals, how do other businesses treat the animals?
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