>
> Why would vivsectors carry on doing animal experiments if the
> evidence showed so clearly that animal experiments are misleading?
>

“Animal studies are done for legal reasons and not for scientific reasons. The
predictive value of such studies for man is meaningless - which means our
research
may be meaningless.”
(Dr James D. Gallagher, Journal of the American Medical Association, 14 March
1964.)

Animal experiments are used as an alibi for the multinational drug and chemical
companies to protect their profits. They use results from animals (misleading
due to
differences between species) to get their products classed as ‘safe’ or
‘effective’ and
thus able to be marketed without fear of having to pay compensation when their
products have disastrous effects. Yet, if animal experiments (after the product
has
been released on the market) coincidentally suggest that the product has harmful
effects, the company can claim that everyone knows that results from animals
can’t
be applied to humans.

The intensive farming industry uses animal experiments in attempts to make them
more productive (often at the expense of animal welfare); to test and produce
agricultural chemicals and animal remedies; in toxicological testing to try and
provide
‘safety’ levels of these chemicals for humans; and in nutritional testing to try
and
‘show’ that eating animal products is beneficial for the human diet.

Academic institutions encourage animal experiments as they provide an easy
method for publishing papers in journals. The ‘reputation’ and finances of the
institutions and the vivisectors are maintained by numbers of papers published.


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Phil Clayton, Director
NZ Anti-Vivisection Society (Inc.)
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ANIMAL RESEARCH T A K E S LIVES - Humans and Animals BOTH Suffer
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