Why is animal testing unethical?

Facts and FiguresUnited States (2014)(1,2) 1 million animals used in experiments (excluding rats, mice, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and agricultural animals used in agricultural experiments), plus an ... Animal experimentation is an inherently unethical practice, and you do not want your tax dollars used to support it. read more

As Sir Paul McCartney said in an interview with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), "Sometimes people place too much faith in people in white lab coats and assume that there's a need for animal testing just because it has been going on for so long. read more

Usually, this middle view accepts experimentation on some, but not all, animals and aims to avoid unnecessary use of animals in scientific research by pursuing alternatives to animal testing. The following sections briefly outline a few of the arguments for and against animal experimentation. read more

• Animal experimentation is an inherently unethical practice, and you do not want your tax dollars used to support it. • Funding for biomedical research should be redirected into the use of epidemiological, clinical, in vitro, and computer-modeling studies instead of cruel and crude experiments on animals. read more