Animal Rights/Cruelty

If penicillin had been tested on guinea pigs, it might never have reached the public. It is lethal to guinea pigs, deactivates the blood system of rabbits and is deadly to cats. Each year, thousands of animals are brutally tortured in laboratories, in the name of biomedical research. The struggle against this tyranny is a struggle as important as any of the moral and social issues that have been fought over in recent years. Animal rights are an emotional issue, second only, perhaps to the bitter abortion debate. For decades the value of animal research has been grossly overrated. Although researchers have depended on animal test data to achieve medical advances, there should be other means of research because testing on animals is cruel and inhumane and often unnecessary.
In any event, The American Medical Association, also known as A.M.A., believes that research involving animals is absolutely essential to maintaining and improving the health of the American people. They poin...