There has been much debate on the topic of lab animals and product testing. Some people believe that scientists locking up animals in a laboratory environment is contrary to what nature intended – and they are probably right. Others believe laboratory animals perform a great service for humankind.
For many years now, scientists have been working hard to develop cures for diseases. Occasionally, new medicines and drugs are created which may be a solution to a serious illness plaguing mankind. In order to determine if there is any level of danger in these drugs, lad animals ingest them and are monitored for any unusual reactions. Therefore, lad animals play a vital role in the prevention of human death caused by a possible reaction to these new drugs.
Of course life for an animal in a laboratory environment is unnatural. If a person is said ‘to be a guinea pig’ it always carries with It a negative connotation and reminds us that an animal locked up in a sage, being fed various potentially dangerous substances is far from an enviable position! Being fed mechanically in a sterile environment all their lives, lad animals often become sluggish and fat and many of them die from hideous diseases. It is often a cruel existence.
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