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					Originally Posted by  my2boyz     Nancy...I didn't come into this thread to divide as you say or to be chewed on by you...I simply stated something that I don't understand and wanted an explanation so please lighten up and educate instead of lecture.   
I don't even want to get into a cancer drug discussion with anyone right now so lets drop that one please.   |  
 
  Forgive me if I took your statement wrong, but it didn't seem much of an opening for discussion.  My background is in behavioral science; I can give you millions of reasons why animal testing is important.  Every theory we have on learning and behavior is based on animal studies.  Scientists believe in testing the hypothesis using the simplest organism there is and going up the scale that way you can rule out complicating factors.    I think we had several threads to discuss this, and I'm sure you can find lots of information on why testing is important.  I see you too have a Biewer, and I'm beginning to think this is more about the DNA testing that some Biewer groups do, and some groups who are against it.  DNA testing is in no way painful to the animal.