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handofdave
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Re: animal rights campaigners jailed
Jan 25, 2009, 18:04
Like I said, yes, any possible alternative to animal testing should be used. In the case of my friend, we're not talking about drugs.. we're talking about biomechanics, but that's peripheral to the basic point.

How do researchers know how drugs affect test animals? No, they cannot talk, but there's a wide range of ways in which researchers can tell if things are going right or wrong... bioelectric, toxicity monitoring, etc.

I know I'm going to take flak for this, but the hardcore animal rights people do remind me of the hardcore anti-abortionists... they rely on pumping up the most graphic, upsetting aspects in order to sway opinion. It's a complex issue that requires a slightly more nuanced response than painting horrific and oversimplified pictures of the issue.
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