Personal opinion regarding animal testing. One question. Please answer.?

for new medical treatments, yes. Who do you suggest the tests be done on if not animals? Are you willing to volunteer yourself or any one of your loved ones?

For cosmetics ABSOLUTELY not. There is no reason to test cosmetics. Cosmetics are NOT a necessity.

Only if the product being tested is actually to be used for the animal, like dog shampoo, or a lice comb. Otherwise, it's not very fair, or accurate, considering that animals have different DNA and tolerances than humans, and we might not always get a similar response on people. For example, chocolate is bad for dogs, yet reaps health benefits for humans.

What we should do is test on human stem cells. While they are more expensive, they're more trustworthy.

ADDENDUM: I honestly don't agree that we should test on prisoners. It's in the eighth amendment, against cruel and unusual punishments, and surely that must include soaking in a chemical that would give you an adverse skin reaction. Some of them truly regret their crime, and if they don't, well, we're human, we all make mistakes and transgressions, even if these mistakes are as grave as rape and murder. I think that the punishment should make the criminal empathize with the victim.

I don't think we'd have half of the cures if it wasn't for animal testing but even so I don't like the sound of it which shows I'm a bit of a hypocrite I suppose.

The same goes for factory farming animals; if we criticise this then we shouldn't eat them, pure and simple. We should only buy the ones that are more "naturally" farmed or reared I suppose. How many of us are in the position to do this though?

If you want a straight yes or no to your question then the answer is yes.

However the fact remains that if we were wiped off the face of the earth, nature would thrive and prosper far better than it does with us being here.

I think it is fine as long as the animal agrees to be tested on.

Only if the "animal testing" is done on violent prison felons and sexual predators - because those human primates are the lowest forms of life on the planet, and should be euthanized if they didn't serve that purpose.

Yes, I think testing on animals is acceptable.

We've developed many cures and treatments for diseases (both human and animal) by testing on animals.

New diseases show up on a regular basis. Barring testing of treatments and drugs on animals would all but stop research to save people (and animal) lives.

Absolutely. There's no other way to tell whether a given substance is safe or harmful than to test it on living creatures - computer modeling does NOT answer that question! And ask yourself this: would you volunteer YOUR child to be a test subject for chemicals that potentially could do him or her very serious harm - even kill him or her? Or would you rather we test it on animals first?

It is immoral to inflict intense pain and fear to another species. Just because they are weaker and look different people have unfairly descided that our pain is more important than theirs. Many experiments are done without pain killers, it is criminal cruelty, there are many alternatives to animal testing.

No: only taste testing.