Remember lab animals

10:20am Tuesday 24th April 2012 in Letters

April 24 marks World Day for Animals in Laboratories – a day recognised by the United Nations to remember the millions of animals that have been used and killed in animal experiments around the world.

Every year inside British laboratories more than three million animals are subjected to experiments.

In safety tests, they are force-fed substances, have chemicals rubbed into their skin or dripped into their eyes, or are made to inhale toxic fumes.

In disease research, animals are deliberately brain-damaged, injected with cancerous tissue, or subjected to special breeding programmes that leave them weakened, disease-prone and mentally deranged.

To incarcerate animals and deliberately inflict pain on them in the name of science is unacceptable.

These experiments are also potentially harmful to people, because species differences mean that the results cannot reliably be extrapolated to humans.

Drugs which are shown to be safe in animals may later prove to be dangerous when used by humans.

ASHLEY OWEN, Animal Aid, Bradford Street, Tonbridge, Kent

Comments (3)

10:23pm Tue 24 Apr 12

BigAlBiker says...

You paint the use of animals as barbaric in your letter, well from my own questioning and research this type of animal use is no longer allowed by the home office, in fact practices which were used some thirty years ago are outlawed completely. The use of animals is strictly controlled and would not be permitted if there was any other way possible, read the regulations the home office publish if you don't believe me.

I believe the use of animals is vital in the research into cures and suchlike for us human beings, justified and necessary.
You paint the use of animals as barbaric in your letter, well from my own questioning and research this type of animal use is no longer allowed by the home office, in fact practices which were used some thirty years ago are outlawed completely. The use of animals is strictly controlled and would not be permitted if there was any other way possible, read the regulations the home office publish if you don't believe me. I believe the use of animals is vital in the research into cures and suchlike for us human beings, justified and necessary. BigAlBiker

11:08pm Tue 24 Apr 12

Steve Jack says...

I agree with you Ashley,it is a disgraceful and shameful thing that we do to animals.
I do not agree with animal testing at all.
I agree with you Ashley,it is a disgraceful and shameful thing that we do to animals. I do not agree with animal testing at all. Steve Jack

1:48am Wed 25 Apr 12

morgeo says...

So you paint the picture as BigA/Biker said,about the animals that are killed and do'nt give any details about the human lives that are saved as a result, maybe your husband wife son or daughter in a worldwide context. Put this in perspective if it is to have any credibility.
So you paint the picture as BigA/Biker said,about the animals that are killed and do'nt give any details about the human lives that are saved as a result, maybe your husband wife son or daughter in a worldwide context. Put this in perspective if it is to have any credibility. morgeo

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