Monkeys escape after truck carrying 100 animals to a laboratory crashes in US

[WonderWoman46]

No, it doesn't help humans. It does generate big $$$$$ research grants, however.
Forcing cigarette smoke into animals' lungs to see if tar & nicotine are bad for us?
Scraping off skin & applying sunscreen to see how effective it is?
Dropping ammonia & bleach into eyes to see how much damage is caused?

Drug testing on animals created horror stories - Thalidomide was determined to be safe after animal testing showed that it was.
Animals are different. Rabbits are often used for testing. Rabbits constantly eat wild Deathcap Mushrooms with no effect. They are deadly to humans. Chocolate is toxic to dogs; not to people.

Giving animals diseases for study doesn't benefit people, either. The immune system reacts differently when forcing a disease into an animal, as opposed to getting a disease naturally.

Drug testing on animals to benefit humans is an often-used argument for animal testing.

"There's no guarantee that drugs are safe just because they've been tested on animals. Because of the physiological differences between humans and other animals, results from animal tests cannot be accurately extrapolated to humans, leaving us vulnerable to exposure to drugs that can cause serious side effects."

Exactly

 

[OneEyedDiva]

No, it doesn't help humans. It does generate big $$$$$ research grants, however.
Forcing cigarette smoke into animals' lungs to see if tar & nicotine are bad for us?
Scraping off skin & applying sunscreen to see how effective it is?
Dropping ammonia & bleach into eyes to see how much damage is caused?

Drug testing on animals created horror stories - Thalidomide was determined to be safe after animal testing showed that it was.
Animals are different. Rabbits are often used for testing. Rabbits constantly eat wild Deathcap Mushrooms with no effect. They are deadly to humans. Chocolate is toxic to dogs; not to people.

Giving animals diseases for study doesn't benefit people, either. The immune system reacts differently when forcing a disease into an animal, as opposed to getting a disease naturally.

Drug testing on animals to benefit humans is an often-used argument for animal testing.

"There's no guarantee that drugs are safe just because they've been tested on animals. Because of the physiological differences between humans and other animals, results from animal tests cannot be accurately extrapolated to humans, leaving us vulnerable to exposure to drugs that can cause serious side effects."

I don't disagree with anything you wrote Win. This is why I buy products that state "not tested on animals" even though I didn't know details of all the types of experiments they do, including ones you wrote about. Those are just horrible!

 

[win231]

Paul McCartney

I saw a cat with a machine in his brain
The man beside him said he didn't feel any pain
I'd like to see that man take out that machine
And stick it in his own brain
You know what I mean
I saw a rabbit with its eyes full of tears
The lab that owned her had been doing it for years
Why don't we make them pay for every last eye
That couldn't cry its own tears
Do you know what I mean
When I tell you that we'll all be
Looking for changes (oh oh)
Changes in the way we treat our fellow creatures
And we will learn how to grow
Learn how to grow, grow, grow
Well I tell you that we'll all be
Looking for changes (oh oh)
Changes in the way we treat our fellow creatures
And we will learn how to grow
When we're looking for changes
I saw a monkey that was learning to choke
A guy beside him gave him cigarettes to smoke
And every time that monkey started to cough
The bastard laughed his head off
Do you know what I mean
When I tell you that we'll all be
Looking for changes (oh oh)
Changes in the way we treat our fellow creatures (oh oh)
And we will learn how to grow
When we're looking for changes
We're looking for changes
Yeah we're looking for changes
Looking for changes in the way we are