Do you support animal testing?

i think that animal testing is such a bad thing, just horrible thing to do. i make sure that everything i get says not animal tested in the back of the labels.

This is most sad. I weep for poor Rodney and those following in his fragile footsteps. I do not support animal testing, nor human testing for that matter. I always shutter when I am faced with instances similar to the content of this discussion. For Rodney I pray that he is in a better place now, happily. I do not promote the use of animal by products either. Recently I read an article about breaking the code, learning what common words in ingredients are actually animal byproducts. Perhaps this may be of interest to readers of this discussion as well. By understanding what the ingredients mean, we may consciously try to avoid products that contain them. For example: Lanolin - Fat from sheep's wool, used in some creams and soaps Tallow - Fat from cows that may be used in some candles and cosmetics Glycerine - Not to be confused with vegetable glycerine which is an option to use instead of the glycerine which is a byproduxt used in soap making which contains animal fat Gelatin - Used in some soaps and food, a protein derived from cows and pigs Collagen - Used in skin creams, this is a protein derived from animal tissues. Soy protein is a useful alternative Carmine - Used in cosmetics and packaged foods, this is Red Pigment made from crushed beetles Stearic Acid - Used in some cosmetics, soaps and candles, this is a fat derived from cows and sheep All of which can be avoided by choosing vegetable based products. Look For The Bunny Before You Buy Rabbits have been historically used for testing the safety of products because they are relatively calm and quiet and respond quickly. If the ingredients being tested for use in household products, shampoos and cosmetics didn't hurt the rabbit, when testing by putting them on the rabbits skin or even in their eyes, then the ingredient would be used. Since the rabbits are truly innocent and gentle, some companies who sell products that are not animal tested, chose to use a rabbit symbol on their products, indicating that they are animal tested free. Thanks again for your discussion. The animals can not speak, for themselves. They count on us to protect them. Avoid products that contain ingredients that have been testing on animals.

I don't support needless cruelity but I do support testing if it saves human lives. I mean if sacrificing rates in that way will save my child, my mother whatever, then it has to be done. We owe many of cures we have to the animals, and that is a known fact.

I don't think that animal torture is tollerable just to better human life but when you consider that God gave man power over the animals, I think that if its done in a way that can open doors to sustain human life or make it better then I don't see the harm. If you wanted to test humans you would have to ask "who goes first" and then nobody would. With the problem of abortion and deciding when human life begins and when it should end, we as humans have the knowledge needed to understand how life works and survival of our species is the most important.

I have no pets and i am pro-life. I am not agree or agree to killed the animals and bring to the lab to having an experiment but as what the old said, there will be someone life to sacrifice for the seek of others. What i mean is, we really thankful to them [animals] who was sacrifice their life for us , for our life to lived longer because without them there is no medicines that we take to make us better when we get sick.

I don't support beauty products that do animal testing.these beauty products are to be used by humans.therefore,to achieve positive,believable results these products should be tested on humans,not on animals.in terms of medical and educational reasons,while using real animals provide the actual information,there are more accurate methods of learning without sacrificing a life.

I do not support animal testing but if it is done for inventing medicines that can save human life then the testing should be go on. If the testing is not done on rare species then it is ok.

I agree but I also think some don't know where to draw the line. When my oldest daughter was going to college to become a Vet Tech they had animals they used to work on. The animals were well treated and at the time of graduation they were all adopted. My daughter took two rats home for my granddaughter. Peta decided to let the livestock they had out of their pen one night. The college is close to a fairly busy highway and only by luck none of the livestock were harmed. The results could have been devastating. Whether we like it or not it is necessary in some degree such as in learning how to care for animals. The sad thing is even some of the pet food companies are guilty. Iams for one.

I do agree that people need to be informed but they also should know that some of this testing is a necessary evil. I was much in the same boat as you when I took a stand against 'animal testing', then my mom, she is no longer with me, but my mom was an LPN and explained to me some of the needs for this testing. To perform some of the testing done, we would put humans though a great deal of pain and suffering to find things we need or cures. It is not a fair world nor is it a nice one, but sometimes that testing is necessary. I don't like it and find 'animal testing' for things like make up and things of that nature silly and a waste of money, but testing when it comes to possibly finding a cure for MS, CP, cancers...etc. it has become necessary. There are not to many 'live' donors out there for such procedures. Ainge

i don't disagree if the testing will be done on rats. but on dogs i would be totally against it. i thought that animal testing involves only skin testing. but learning it involves some operation that i am absolute against now. specially if it is done on the same dog over a period of time. of course i will feel for the dog. and that i could not accept seeing the dog suffer that way just because of some experiments. they are like humans too. that cruelty is not right. there should be a law against it.