Animal+testing

Animal Testing Right or Wrong? I believe that animal testing has both advantages and disadvantages. First I would like to tell you why I feel that animal testing is wrong. The word vivisection means that experiments are done on live animals. I think that it is wrong to cage these animals and take them out of their natural habitat. Secondly, animals feel pain just like humans. Testing of cosmetics and other nonessential products on animals could cause skin irritations and if consumed could cause pain and death. The animals are put under a large amount of stress each day and stress alone can cause problems with someone's health. I know that a needle stick hurts. Why should we inject animals without reason? I also feel that animal testing can be beneficial because these experiments could lead to a cure for deadly diseases like cancer. I think that if you must do an experiment do it on an animal such as a rat. Rats are of little benefit to humans. All they do is infest peoples' houses and ruin crops for farmers. On the other hand, animals such as horses (That get tested on a lot for medicine because of their likeness to humans.) should not be tested on. WHY would YOU want to HARM an animal that you know and love?!?! If I was asked to use my dog or cat on an experiment that could wipe out cancer I wouldn't let them and just say use a RAT! If they said that they needed my dog and my dog only, I would let them use him, but I wouldn't like it. One life must be sacrificed to save millions....