Well, this comment assumes that God exists and that the user is an authority on God's line of reasoning, but I digress.

Look, there is nobody in the world that would sign a "let's torture animals" petition. Nobody likes it. We all love animals. I have two cats and two dogs, and they are like family to me.

But I think it is unreasonable to assume that this is simply "abuse" and "torture." The British Royal Society argue that "virtually every medical achievement in the 20th century relied on the use of animals in some way." According to Wikipedia, testers "must ensure that alternatives, including non-animal alternatives, have been considered, that the experiments are not unnecessarily duplicative, and that pain relief is given unless it would interfere with the study." I should also say that animal specialists - that is, people who have dedicated their lives to researching animals (and generally do so because they love animals) are far more realistic about research and testing. For instance, my wife is a zoologist. I remember when I first met her, she must have had 15 different animals. But ask her about "exotic species," and she will tell you that they sometimes destroy habitats and must be eliminated. Even PETA (the bane by proxy of any professional animal workers or researchers) (who has a $32 million annual budget) "spends millions on media campaigns telling Americans that eating meat, drinking milk, fishing, hunting, wearing leather shoes, and benefiting from medical research performed on lab rats are all “unethical,”" while simultaneously euthanizing 95% of animals they take in (in 2008, they found 7- yes, 7 animals homes; the Petsmart down the road does that in an hour! Since 1998, they've also killed over 21,339 animals).

God does exist, or I would not be sitting here. getting back to what the Question was, are you for or against? I don't care about the Meds. like I said. I answer the question and I speak my mind. I could care less if you disagree, by the way you spelled it wrong. Your Vet .Tech

By the way would you let them test on your Animals, That you say you Love,if you Love one , You have to Love them all, NO HALF STEPPING

To be fair, mrnemo was saying "digress," not "disagree." I love that this is inciting discussion though! I'm going to try and find a way to work in these comments into my editorial.

Fair enough Johnathan