There's no easy way to debate this topic, especially since no dog owner wants anything undesirable to happen to any animal, bread for testing or not.
However, being the devil's advocate, like many other posters have said, if there wasn't animal testing, our furbabies would become the test subjects.
So I guess it just comes down to where do we draw the line with regards to animal cruelty? Is it more cruel to have test animals then it is to simply think the product is okay and mass produce it with the possibility of millions of animals dying as opposed to one or two test animals?
It's a sticky subject no matter where you go with it.
Do, I like animal testing? Absolutely not, I love animals. However, it's something that needs to be done not only to ensure our own fur baby's health, but for ours as well. Could there be more "humane" (granted I don't know any testing that could be considered human) ways to do it? Yes, however that would, inevitably, increase the price of the product.
So, it's a rock and a hard place no matter where you go with it. |