Animal-Based Research: Why (Really)? And What Are the Alternatives?

by Stephanie Ernst · 2009-01-18 07:50:00 UTC
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Following are parts 3 and 4 of Animal Aid's film Wasted Lives (parts 1 and 2 were featured in Friday's post), exploring why we continue practices that aren't getting us anywhere (I'll give you a hint: one of the major reasons starts with "m" and ends with "oney") and what the alternatives are. Each of these parts is only a few minutes long, so you have no real reason not to watch and learn; please do.

Succinctly, from Dr. Ray Greek (author, with Jean Swingle Greek, of Sacred Cows and Golden Geese: The Human Cost of Experiments on Animals, and onetime animal experimenter himself) in part 4: "From a scientific perspective, animal experimentation simply does not work. Animal experimentation does not help human beings who are sick get better. Animal experimentation does not help prevent disease or cure disease."

(Image from the Empty Cages gallery)
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Stephanie Ernst wrote the original Animal Rights blog at Change.org until December 2009. She can now be found at Animal Rights & AntiOppression.
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