What is your opinion on animal testing?

Question

This is a three question survey, and I need at least four responses. Please be sure to fill out the personal info at the bottom, or I cannot use your responses! Thanks! :D

Question #1:
Do you believe that animal testing is fair and safe for the animals being used? Why or why not?


Question #2:
Should cosmetic manufacturers be allowed to use animal testing to ensure their products are safe? Why or why not?


Question 3#:
Do you think that part of what you believe about animal testing has been enforced by your family/guardian, friends, or teachers? Or, have you based your opinion upon unbiased material that you have read? Please explain.


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Answer 1

Question #1

No, animal testing is not safe for animals -- they are intentionally exposed to toxic, irritating stuff. Animal testing is done to study how chemicals affect tissues and mammals and it is intended to protect humans from potential hazards. Adjectives like "fair" are not applicable anyway. What is fair in this context?



Honestly, the question is phrased in a strange manner. How can experiments be safe? How can they be fair? Better questions would have been whether it is responsible to do so and whether we think they are necessary: Yes, I think animal testing is evil, but it is a necessary evil to protect humans. Yes, most animal testing are performed in a very reasonable and responsible way.



Imagine how many mice and rats are killed everyday by rent-a-kill in private houses and industrial estates. They die cruelly by toxic compounds just because they invade homes and property. Compared to that only very few mice are killed for research.



It is amazing how callous people can be when being affected by mice and rats in their own home and what hypocrites they are when discussing animal testing and using the very same medicines and cosmetics produced with animal testing.



Question #2:

Yes, of course cosmetic manufactures have to ensure that their products are safe. Imagine your baby loosing his eys-sight due to a untested creme!



However, all tests should be made public and no single substance should have to be re-tested if registered in the public test database. This would allow to minimise animal testing drastically. There is no sense in re-testing constituents and mixtures again and again.



Question #3:

No, usually the public including teachers and friends is very hypocritical and desinformed. It is easy to "be against something", but it needs quite a lot of efforts to educate yourself enough to understand why certain animal testing is a necessary evil.



Age: 39

Gender: male

Education: Ph.D. in chemistry

Occupation: Research consultant for analytical and medicinal chemistry

Answer 2

Ok, here's my thoughts. First of all, have you ever been in an animal testing facility? I highly doubt it. I don't like animal testing for things like cosmetics and other things that do NOT need to be tested on animals. However, for medical purposes, it's actually needed. Most people think that these animals are raised on puppy farms and left in cages and are hurt during the testing. This is NOT NOT NOT true. My dad is a biomedical engineer and does some animal testing. He does many many tests on artificial membranes and makes sure that it will be relatively safe for the animal. All animals are raised on the property (Mayo) and are played with a lot! They even hire lots of high school students from the area to play with the dogs and other animals. They're treated just like a pet until testing time. When being used as a test subject, they are carefully monitored and the second they show signs of pain, they are given lots of pain-killers. If it gets to the point where the animal will get severely injured if it's used as a subject anymore, the tests are stopped. If the animal gets very sick and can't be helped (usually this is NOT due to the testing, just a genetic problem the animal already had) they will put the animal to sleep. They are NOT kept in kennels all day and do NOT suffer! They are NEVER tortured, stabbed, burned, etc. You have been watching too much TV! I urge you to actually visit a medical animal testing facility and see for yourself that I'm not making this up. If the animals were ever hurt or mistreated, I would have a big problem with it, but they're not! If you have a problem with animal testing, you need to stop using all medications, don't go to the hospital or get any surgery done, or use any over-the-counter drugs. These have ALL been tested on animals. Please don't make up your mind just on what you see on TV or in the news. If you want to be credible, you need to research BOTH sides of the argument, and then decide.

Answer 3

q1: I am entirely against amimal testing. in my opinion, it is cruel and wrong- we dont have the right to use animals as experiments. just because they cant communicate how they feel doesn't mean we can force things on them.

q2: no definetly not. is risking animals lives just so we can look pretty fair? no it isnt. we are too vein. 50% of animals used for cosmetic testing DIE! and for what?? for us to have clean, zitless faces???

q3: it is just what i believe. no one i know has influenced me to feel this way about animal testing



i am a 14 year old female.

Answer 4

#1..If used to help cure humans or test drugs...I'm all for it

humans are more important than animals



#2..I don't be leave in animal testing for frivolous things...only for the betterment of human lives



#3..my opinion is enforced by my experience here on the planet ...and it is just the way I think.



#4..49..female..high school graduate..manager

Answer 5

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