Eco terrorists.

[Redneck_Crow]

I'm kinda in the middle about this.

There has been idiotic and very unnecessary animal testing. Cosmetics, for example. We don't have enough of this stuff that we need to develop more? Give me a break. You don't need to pour hair dye into a rabbit's eyes to know that it's a bad idea for humans to do this to themselves. Causing animals to suffer for the sake of trying out a new shampoo ingredient is wrong. Shouldn't be allowed.

There is animal testing, IMHO, that is beneficial and should be continued. Most of the surgeries that correct severe health problems were developed through animal testing. Many of the procedures that were developed through animal testing to benefit humans are now being used by vets to improve the lives of other animals. One of my own dogs had surgery to fuse two of his vertebrae after a severe injury--that procedure was developed through animal testing for humans, then it came full circle and was used to his life.

Diabetic dogs and cats live longer lives thanks to insulin, which was developed for the benefit of humans. All of the vaccines that save the lives of thousands of dogs and cats were developed through animal testing. I can remember (yeah, I'm old) dogs dying from distemper, leptospirosis, and parvo. Now these diseases are rarely found except in unvaccinated pets. We would have no means to prevent heartworms from killing our dogs and cats if it weren't for animal testing.

Animal testing in and of itself isn't a bad thing or a good thing. If it's done responsibly in order to find a means to improve the health of humans or animals and the test animals are treated as humanely as possible then it is a beneficial thing. If it's done without regard for the test animal's pain or for unnecessary reasons then IMHO it shouldn't be done at all.