Is it morally acceptable to experiment on animals to develop products and medicines that benefit human beings?
It is acceptable to people of lower mental consciousness but not acceptable to people with some moral development in their conscience as is in one of the extremely sad and barbaric account told by a vet below: Listen to the tragic story of Rodney http://www.peta.org/actioncenter/podcast.asp?c=weekly_enews, a dog who was sold to a research laboratory, as recounted in an essay written by veterinarian Peter M. Henriksen, based on the time he spent with Rodney while in veterinary school. _____________________________________________ What We Did to Rodney We called him Rodney. He was a tall, gangly, flea-bitten shepherd mix. One ear stood up, shepherd style, and the other flopped over and bounced against his head like a rag doll when he ran. His head and feet were too big for his thin but muscular body. A stale, musty odor accompanied him from flea-infested skin and neglected ears. Altogether, he wasn’t much to look at, one of thousands of dogs facing the world without the luxury of an owne
