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]

there are no medicines, that have not been tested on animals. unless you go to your tribal elder and get his herbal balm or something. which doens't count as a modern medicine

There are MANY alternatives to animal testing. Such as putting human cells and the chemical in a petri dish and seeing if it reacts bad....or whatever. There ARE ways and it IS possible.

you are refering to in vitro testing? why is invitro not viable? because it's not a living system.

example:

some scientist has stem cells from a man dieing, and he needed more brain cells. They had put the stem cells in a petri dish, and in vitro they grew into brain cells.

in his head they grew into hair, teeth, and nails.

Also: in vitro doesn't see the effects of everthing together.

there are NOT alternates for animal testing for MEDICINES.

FDA rules. you take tylenol, you tourture animals. same with advil. penicillin? yup.