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Originally Posted by aproctor  I completely understand this because I am not ignorant nor am I naive to the fact that some of the technology today and the way things have progressed is because of experimentation and testing on animals.
This is not all directed to the above statement but to others that have commented previously as well.
That being said I am just surprised at the (in my opinion) casual way some have said that it's all for the good of MY PET.
In my mind there should be NO animal testing - with the technology we have today you can't tell me that there is NO OTHER WAY?!
I am also a little flabbergasted that there seems (imo) to be more sympathy toward the treatment of cows and pigs vs. DOGS?!
I grew up on a farm and to me cattle and pigs were raised solely for their meat and that is the only way some survived back in the day - I think the way they are treated before they are put down is deplorable but I am not going to become a vegan because of that.
Cattle, pigs (with the exception of potbelly pigs) and chickens are raised for their meat and eggs............DOGS are domestic animals that are raised to be a part of a family and I treat mine as such and the thought that someone could have experimented or tested something on them torturing them just breaks my heart in half!!
It is not a casual subject for me and it never will be and I will NOT support a company that does animal testing on DOGS!!!
I honestly think it is all about money and that there are other ways to test products but it would be more expensive so they don't do it!!!
Everything in this world is motivated by money so no one can tell me this isn't about money-P&G is all about MONEY-of course they are they are a HUGE conglomerate and they own the rights to about 1/2 the products in your house-it's about MONEY!!!!
The mistreatment of ANY animal is just not right and to me THAT is black and white. There is no reason a pig couldn't be used instead of a dog-or is that not okay? My mother had open heart surgery and she has a pig valve inside her not a dog valve so......hmmmmm, I just don't know what else to say!?
I wonder if the pig that gave up their valve for my mother was tortured....
If a person was a dog hoarder and they had a bunch of dogs in their house in kennels and laying around because they didn't have enough room to walk around the house, if they had sores on their legs that did not heal this person would be fined and jailed......think about it! |
Example discussed in this thread: heartworm preventatives for dogs
What kind of advanced technology would allow for developing heartworm preventatives without using dogs in the labs?
How would money make a difference? A billion dollars available, how would the heartworm preventative be developed and tested for effectiveness without injecting animals in the lab with heartworms?
Current heartworm preventatives are starting to fail against new strains of heartworms. We need new and better preventatives to safeguard our pets.