Animal rights and Man HatersWhy Testing animals is beneficial to our society
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Too much of the public has come to think of medical researchers as "tormenters rather than healers." People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) activist on the consequences of stopping animal research: "Don't get the diseases in the first place, schmo." Animal right's activists overlook the fact that research helps mankind and argues against harming animals. The good is overlooked and the bad is exploited. Although many people think that animal research is morally wrong, animal research should continue because it is critical to continue progress in human health.
Animal rights activists feel that animal research is immoral. They do not believe that humans are the "dominant" species. They protest that humans and animals are equal. They argue that more often than not, animals used for research are often mistreated and endure a large amount of pain; animal right's activists protest against putting animals through an excessive amount of unnecessary pain. Experiments are often repeated multiple times, causing many animals to be experimented for only one cause...