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Unread 3 Aug 2006, 21:27   #9
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Re: Animal Rights

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Originally Posted by All Systems Go
I believe in the future that vegetarianism will become the norm (unless scientists can grow meat in a lab, the result of which would be meat with no suffering from an animal)
We, like all other animals, are part of the food chain, we have evolved to be omnivores.

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I totally agree, animals should not be tortured or used for experimentation. We should find human volunteers instead, there's usually someone that will accept the risks involved with experimenting with new drugs and whatnot.
The laws governing animal testing are extremely tight. Animals are only allowed to be tested on when there is no other alternative and they arent kept in 'pain' any longer than is necessary.

Humans are used in testing - clinical trials. If you want to abolish animal testing and throw new drugs at humans you would kill people by the billion (assuming an unlimited supply of people who were not scared off by the death of others). The other option would be to stop the progression of drug discovery. Interestingly about 8 times more rats/mice are killed each year by pest control than by medical research.
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