Animal testing

Looks disturbing. ;D

We were asked to have a write up of our thoughts and views in the theme of "Animal Testing". I've personally had prior thoughts to this and guess will have quite somethings to say about this. =D

What It is:

Trying to put a self made definition to something who's title seems to say facts obvious enough... I'll do it anyway. =D... Animal testing is the systematic and regulated use of animals, not limited to mammals or rodents, but covering essentially all kinds of living beings (other than humans of course ;D) to testing of products ranging from simple house hold commodities that we find ourselves exposed to (like perfume) and more directly dealing elements like medicine. 

Regulated testing meaning that they're generally documented. Humane terms of use of animals exist, implying that one cannot simply walk in and scramble about with a living being to see what happens with is. I'm sure these procedures are made public, but the actual testing, results and outcome of testings sessions will obviously be held in secret as they don't seem to pertain to any perticular reason other than feeding the fire of those who're against animal testing.

What I think =)

 

As you may have guessed from the above few lines... I've got nothing against animal testing. Wait, that sounds cruel. But regardless of what people call it, I'm most ok with animal testing. Let me look at the facts here....

--> Humane experimentation

People get this image of animals being strung up on a board with blood thirsty men in coats disfiguring them to see what would come of them. The truth is, the whole thing is (obviously) more (sane) and humane than that. Like i said.... it involves a regulated protocol of testing procedures by which testing takes place. Now these rules obviously differ from one industrial theme to the other. I don't see the medicinal department playing around with the effects of over shampooing on skin. 

The fact is... Not all animal testing even ends up in pain or death. I'm not saying that they would enjoy the "experience" of being put in situations which humans would consider inhumane. But that's the fact, someone has to be tested, can't be humans, has to be an animal which is as close as can comparatively be to humans, and shouldn't be scarce in nature. I'm not sounding Nazi like in anyway... I'm only looking at what's been going on AND what how I'm related to the whole thing.

-->Selective specie testing 

They don't exactly toss in every animal you could find in a zoo. Most of the organisms are small and are specifically relative to the subject at hand. Take for example, genetic testing. I'm pretty sure you'd have assumed the sad looking rat to have being subject to something seriously nasty,... Ok maybe they are... But something as broad as genetic testing, acually find preference with "fuit fly"... I seriously don't find a problem with a bunch of flies dying for our comfortable living. (I'm beginning to get the feeling that i'm beginning to sound more and more insensitive... But let me assure you... I've just taken it more normal than the rest of you... ;D)

Here's a wiki extract of the fruit fly testing:

Studies in the fly D. melanogaster can use an amazing array of genetic tools.^[56] These animals offer great advantages over vertebrates, including their short life cycle and the ease with which large numbers may be studied, with thousands of flies or nematodes fitting into a single room

Other larger species of cats/dogs and non human primates do occur in human testing. In fact, primate testing is the most relevant to human health and medicine. Study of medicine related to AIDS, Cancer and other life consuming diseases, require a sturdy test bed. Humans, are obviously ruled out. Primates are the next closest things, when the outcome is human and most required by 100s of 1000s of people around the world... i think that talking about what's right and wrong in this matter is more of a waste of time.

-->Forgetting something?

I don't know... but some people seem to be forgetting that they're living in a modern world. It's funny to think that they'd actually stand up to talk against animal testing to extents in which they look for a general ban on the same.

Just consider this... Most women's cosmetics undergo animal testing. How many umm.. (how do i say this) women these days avoid cosmetics just because they don't like it?... How many of these people are animal testing opposers? A better question: How many of these activists do you think have avoided modern medicine because they're animal tested?.... none I'm sure!... I think it's more sensible to come up with a solution to the things people don't want... instead of blasting their way through getting something whose outcome is apocalyptic.

As a closing remark... I'd also like to ask how many of them are non vegetarians? ;D ... i mean... not all killing in the industry is exactly humane right... If they have problems with watching animals in pain... I honestly wonder how they feel like putting them in their mouth... ;D

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