I saw disturbing pictures of animal cosmetic testing how do you feel about fur and testing on animals i feel its cruel and bad i would love to hear your opinion!

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   I think it’s absolutely disgusting. Animals should not have to suffer for human vanity. To kill an animal solely so someone can wear its skin is barbaric. I think anyone who wants to wear a product made from fur should be forced to watch footage of foxes being skinned alive in the Far East before they are allowed to buy it, so they understand where their coat, gloves or whatever might have come from. Anyone who is not sickened by such cruelty has something very, very wrong with them.
   There is no excuse for testing cosmetics or drugs on animals either – it is not only cruel and immoral, it is unreliable and unscientific. Animals react differently to humans to many substances, rendering many tests pointless. For example, a contraceptive called Tamoxifen was once developed which was tested on rats. It worked as intended, and was given to humans. However, it had the opposite effect on women, actually increasing their fertility!
   There are many other examples, some of which had much more harmful consequences. I don’t know if you remember it, but a couple of years ago a drug called TGN1412 was tested on some human volunteers, and very nearly killed them – they were on life support for some time, and were left with permanent health problems. Prior to being given to these people, this drug had already been tested on monkeys at a dose 500 times stronger than that which was given to the humans, without causing the monkeys any ill effects. Aspirin causes birth defects in cats. Penicillin kills guinea pigs. 6-azauridine, a cancer drug which can be used in humans for long periods, will kill dogs in a few days in even small doses. The list goes on.
   I realize that some people feel that animal testing is necessary and that the end justifies the means – these people are entitled to their opinion, but I do not share it, personally. I don’t think a human’s life should be considered more important than a dog’s or a rat’s or a monkey’s – animals have just as much right to live as we do, and the right to live that life free of pain and misery. As noted philosopher Jeremy Bentham put it, the central question is not “Can they reason?” nor “Can they talk?”, but “Can they suffer?” And obviously they can. Our greater intelligence gives us a responsibility to protect other species, not the right to use and abuse them for our own ends.

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   it is plain evil!
   animals shouldnt be treated like that!
   GRRRRR!!!!!!