This image has been stuck in my mind since the UVM prof. put it up on the screen in her powerpoint the other day. Human interest to solve all widespread diseases and problems is a great motive to have however it does not come very easy. Unfortunately we want to know answers to all of our problems but the only way to get them is to test them before on non-humans. I feel that the species that are used to test our vaccinations after being treated with diseases and brain trauma and everything else one can think of, are suffering even more so then the species that are just raised in horrible conditions and killed after a short life. I'm not sure animal testing is at all humane and it seems to be the least monitored form of animal "abuse". Maybe people will stop eating meat, but will people every stop testing new vaccines? I doubt it.
Friday, February 22, 2013
Are lab. animals mistreated worse then CAFO animals?
This image has been stuck in my mind since the UVM prof. put it up on the screen in her powerpoint the other day. Human interest to solve all widespread diseases and problems is a great motive to have however it does not come very easy. Unfortunately we want to know answers to all of our problems but the only way to get them is to test them before on non-humans. I feel that the species that are used to test our vaccinations after being treated with diseases and brain trauma and everything else one can think of, are suffering even more so then the species that are just raised in horrible conditions and killed after a short life. I'm not sure animal testing is at all humane and it seems to be the least monitored form of animal "abuse". Maybe people will stop eating meat, but will people every stop testing new vaccines? I doubt it.
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I agree, I think that it could arguably be worse in the way that we test on animals than the way we eat them. It's kind of a catch-22 in that we need vaccines and animal testing, but it is so harmful. I guess that our best bet is to just ensure more strict guidelines for both CAFO's and for animal testing.
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