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Counter Arguments for all the 'Fors' listed on the left

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Counter Arguments for all the 'Fors' listed on the left

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1. Animals are very different from human beings and therefore make poor test subjects. "The anatomic, metabolic, and cellular differences between animals and people make animals poor models for human beings. Paul Furlong, Professor of Clinical Neuroimaging at Aston University (UK), states that "it's very hard to create an animal model that even equates closely to what we're trying to achieve in the human."" (Humane Society International, "As Home Office Statistics Show UK Animal Experiments At Shocking 4.11Million, HSI Calls on Government to Increase Spend on Non-Animal Replacement Techniques," hsi.org, July 16, 2013)
2. Animals can suffer like humans do, so it is speciesism to experiment on them while we refrain from experimenting on humans. "All suffering is undesirable, whether it be in humans or animals. Discriminating against animals because they do not have the cognitive ability, language, or moral judgment that humans do is no more justifiable than discriminating against human beings with severe mental impairments." (Peter Singer, Animal Liberation, 2009)
3. Religious traditions tell us to be merciful to animals, so we should not cause them suffering by experimenting on them. In the Bible, Proverbs 12:10 states: "A righteous [man] regardeth the life of his beast..."

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Warning: The following video contains graphic material

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Undercover at the World's Largest Chimpanzee Laboratory

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Our investigation at the New Iberia Research Center in 2009 uncovered chimpanzees and monkeys enduring severe psychological suffering. http://www.humanesocie...

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Religious traditions allow for human dominion over animals.

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Religious traditions allow for human dominion over animals.

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The Bible states in Genesis 1:26: "And God said... let them [human beings] have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."

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Slippery slope argument - If it is not okay to test on animals, then who would we test on? If human testing were approved, what humans would we test on?

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Animals do not have rights, therefore it is acceptable to experiment on them.

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Animals do not have rights, therefore it is acceptable to experiment on them.

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"Animals do not have the cognitive ability or moral judgment that humans do and because of this they have been treated differently than humans by nearly every culture throughout recorded history." (Tibor R. Machan, "Animals Do Not Have Rights," nytimes.com, Apr. 5, 2012)

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Animals are appropriate research subjects because they are similar to human beings in many ways.

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Animals are appropriate research subjects because they are similar to human beings in many ways.

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"Chimpanzees share 99% of their DNA with humans, and mice are 98% genetically similar to humans." (California Biomedical Research Association, "CBRA Fact Sheet: Why Are Animals Necessary in Biomedical Research?," ca-biomed.org (accessed Oct. 15, 2013))

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"The Draize eye test, used by cosmetics companies to evaluate irritation caused by shampoos and other products, involves rabbits being incapacitated in stocks with their eyelids held open by clips, sometimes for multiple days, so they cannot blink away the products being tested." (Scientific American, "Do Cosmetic Companies Still Test on Live Animals?," scientificamerican.com (accessed Oct. 15, 2013))

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Animal tests are more expensive than alternative methods and are a waste of government research dollars. 

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Animal tests are more expensive than alternative methods and are a waste of government research dollars. 

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"Humane Society International compared a variety of animal tests with their in vitro counterparts. An "unscheduled DNA synthesis" animal test costs $32,000, while the in vitro alternative costs $11,000. A "rat phototoxicity test" costs $11,500, whereas the non-animal equivalent costs $1,300. A "rat uterotrophic assay" costs $29,600, while the corresponding in vitro test costs $7,200." (Humane Society International, "Costs of Animal and Non-Animal Testing," hsi.org (accessed Oct. 15, 2013))

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Drugs that pass animal tests are not necessarily safe.

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Drugs that pass animal tests are not necessarily safe.

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"The 1950s sleeping pill thalidomide, which caused 10,000 babies to be born with severe deformities, was tested on animals prior to its commercial release." (Science Museum (UK), "Thalidomide," sciencemuseum.org.uk (accessed Oct. 17, 2013)) "Animal tests on the arthritis drug Vioxx showed that it had a protective effect on the hearts of mice, yet the drug went on to cause more than 27,000 heart attacks and sudden cardiac deaths before being pulled from the market." (Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), "Vioxx Tragedy Spotlights Failure of Animal Research," pcrm.org, Mar. 2005)

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Alternative testing methods now exist that can replace the need for animals.

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Alternative testing methods now exist that can replace the need for animals.

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"In vitro (in glass) testing, such as studying cell cultures in a petri dish, can produce more relevant results than animal testing because human cells can be used." (Kara Rogers, "Scientific Alternatives to Animal Testing: A Progress Report," britannica.com, Sep. 17, 2007)

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PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)

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For vs Against