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?

[LadyXTor]

yes, but that's only cats from shelters. Some cats are found and tested on or bought. Iams (the dog food company) cuts up dog thighs until they're small slivers while they are alive and awake. Yes, humans are not animals but animals still have rights. They are tested on involuntarily and killed. It's OUR products we're testing on them and we're trying to get further knowledge for OURSELVES. So why do we test on animals that don't have to do with anything? Why do we get to say that our lives are more important than theirs?

[eunie03]

They are tested on involuntarily and killed.  It's OUR products we're testing on them and we're trying to get further knowledge for OURSELVES.  So why do we test on animals that don't have to do with anything?  Why do we get to say that our lives are more important than theirs?

Very nicely said. I agree whole-heartedly.

because humans are not animals. 

disections of cats, i know, takes the cats from animals put to sleep from a shelter. 

not enough peopel donate bodies to use that.

Why are humans not animals too?

animal (n): A multicellular organism with membranous cell walls of the kingdom Animalia, differing from plants in certain typical characteristics such as capacity for locomotion, nonphotosynthetic metabolism, pronounced response to stimuli, restricted growth, and fixed bodily structure.

Of course humans don't donate bodies. Why would they do that when cats who can't defend themselves are in abundance? Humans can say no. Cats can't. They're involuntarily sacrificed for the good of mankind.

As for your lion argument... it was said earlier that we understand the need to fight for survival. Eating, feeding (yes, even if it involves killing) is to just get by. Do you think our whim and curiosity as to what's inside a living animal is necessary for survival? I doubt it. One less eyeliner on the market won't kill the entire human race.

You shouldn't try to make the lion seem like a cold-hearted killer, when humans murder humans for no good reason at all (not for rank or food or mates) every day.