There has been a recent outcry from parts of the community regarding animal testing in scientific research and a serious push to have it banned on any living creature.
People found secret footage of animal testing very disturbing and confronting as it does indeed show animals experiencing pain and discomfort, plus many are killed for the sake of the testing.
I get it, that is horrendous to witness and awful to consider when these are living things.
No one wants to see monkeys being tortured or animals killed for testing, but surely the reasons why this is happening is not going unnoticed.
I refuse to believe scientists are cruel and violent people with a disregard for human or animal life. On the contrary, it takes many years of education and experience to reach this level of ability to suppress the emotional attachment in order to conduct the research required.
It is not a nice thing, but it is science and it is integral to human development and survival.
I don't want to see it and I don't want to do it, I wish it wasn't necessary - but it is.
Please read the Nature article below and learn about the reason why we do animal testing and the enormous gains that come from it.
I know many people will find it too difficult to see past the animals happiness being compromised, but without it we would not have the medicines and cures we currently have.
If it is stopped, then we have gone as far as we can in medical research.
Scientists are not monsters.
Nature Journal
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