is it animal cruelty? Options

[CrimsonArchangel]

No, this is not about fur, or wool or anything like that.

Its about science. Many of you have had to dissect several creatures for bio class, most likely. Today I had to do the frog ringer lab, where a frog has its brain removed (is it really dead?) and then we have to dissect it and add chemicals to its heart to see what happens, then add a third one that will kill it.

Now I ask. Despite the fact that many of those animals are bred for that purpose, "to further science", should we use animals as dissection subjects? Or should we just make plastic models and the such?

Is it animal cruelty to breed animals for the purpose of being cut up by students just to learn?

[sadolakced acid]

They are to me.

The government gets money from it... that makes everything right, doesn't it?
I could name a number of things wrong with the government (as I'm sure anyone can)... but let's not get into that.

That's why there are vegetarians and vegans, my dear.

If your mother and a lab assistant were in a drawing.... you would no doubt save your mother.

Are you being cruel?


(I hope you guys don't think I'm attacking you. I see your side....)

animals and humans may be equal to you. they are to some people. those people happen to annoy me, because animals don't care about being equal. in the animal world, no one is equal. there is always an alpha, and always an omega.

anyways: an animal cannot speak to defend it's rights. It is not equal to humans, because they are not humans.

[*xcaitlinx*]

animals and humans may be equal to you.  they are to some people.  those people happen to annoy me, because animals don't care about being equal.  in the animal world, no one is equal.  there is always an alpha, and always an omega. 

anyways:  an animal cannot speak to defend it's rights.  It is not equal to humans, because they are not humans.

animals were here first. we invaded their territory. we knock down trees to build homes. we pollute the water. we pollute the air. the list goes on and on....

idk how ppl can say that humans are so much better than animals. we're the ones slowly destroying the land and water by using valuable resources that are depleting and causing global warming to become a major issue.

the world was a whole lot better off when humans weren't there to screw it up. all because animals can't express themselves through language...they still communicate with each other. animals a lot smarter than people give them credit for being...and may be smarter than some humans as well. Without animals, we wouldn't even be alive. [evolution...food]