Why is animal testing needed?
Animal testing isn’t needed, it is completely unnecessary and just down right cruel, last time I checked I wasn’t a mouse, or a dog or a monkey, my body reacts completely differently to theirs and so drugs tested on animals and deemed safe for human use have gone on to kill hundreds of people just as drugs that are poisonous to animals have saved millions of human lives. There are far more accurate methods of testing drugs, such as testing on tissue samples and computer models that actually provide results accurate to humans. Vioxx was a painkiller that was prescribed to arthritis sufferers. In line with standard practice, Vioxx was tested in at least two animal species before entering human trials. The experiments on animals indicated that the drug was safe and even beneficial to the heart. But when it went on to the market it caused an estimated 140,000 heart attacks and strokes. One expert suggested it was the world’s worst drug disaster. Vioxx was withdrawn in 2004. Multiple Sclero
