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Thanks. It has been up for a while but not a lot of people go :)
Animal testing? That is quite a topic to get into.
Animal testing is something that most people think is a black and white situation. Either good or bad. One or the other.
However, we tend to forget about a lot when it comes to testing.
Do you decide that all testing is bad? Do you know
what testing is being done?
There is a lot more about animal testing than just for one thing. There is testing for
cosmetic products (hair gel, eyeshadow, etc), testing to overcome disease (cancer, chrones, liver, etc) and even testing for
"nutritional value" in animals' foods.
So do you disagree with all of them or just some? Do you look at
what you buy to see if it is by a company that does animal testing and how do you know if it is? Do you know what testing
is done and what the animals go through?
There is a lot more than just a yes or a no answer. You may agree with certain
testing but making sure that it is done in a humane manner and disagree with others just because there are no real reasons
to do them because the same results can be made with non-living subjects. Or you could fully disagree with them all. However,
if you fully disagree with them then you should know what you are disagreeing with.
Here are some links to help you:
http://www.animaland.org/asp/realissues/testing.asp
http://www.hsus.org/animals_in_research/animal_testing/
http://www.downbound.com/Animal_Testing_s/285.htm
http://www.uncaged.co.uk/iams.htm
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/oc/factsheets/wrl/home.htm
http://www.downbound.com/Animal_Testing_s/289.htm
http://www.istl.org/00-summer/internet.html
http://www.nabr.org/issues.htm
http://www.peta-online.org/
If
you are going to make claims of interest then you should know why YOU agree or disagree with it. No one can tell you why
you should or should not want something to go on.
I hope these links help you to find out what happens in testing and
why at least some of it is done.
Oh and just for the heck of it:
http://www.messybeast.com/cat-food-industry.htm
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