1.0HappyCowhttps://www.happycow.net/blogCanookhttps://www.happycow.net/blog/author/Canook/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="IjUk8pB56W"><a href="https://www.happycow.net/blog/animal-testing-doesnt-just-hurt-animals/">Animal testing doesn’t just hurt animals</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.happycow.net/blog/animal-testing-doesnt-just-hurt-animals/embed/#?secret=IjUk8pB56W" width="600" height="338" title="“Animal testing doesn’t just hurt animals” — HappyCow" data-secret="IjUk8pB56W" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Animal testing for the sake of scientific advancement and human benefit is controversial to say the least. One side arguing that without an extensive history of experimentation on animals we, the human race, would not be benefiting from our current good health and long life. That being said, many more life-saving lessons and advancements in health have been learned by experimenting on humans during such dark periods of history as during Hitler’s Nazi Germany. And we’re no longer doing that, yet progress marches on. The other side is staunchly opposed, more so when these tests are being conducted in the development of a new brand of perfume or kitchen cleaner.However, whether it’s right or whether it’s wrong is a choice each person needs to make for themselves, and now there’s another voice in this sordid affair that needs to be heard. A recent article in the New Scientist shed light on the mental and emotional strain suffered by lab animal carers, people who tend to the animals as they follow a ‘research programme.’ And it is also these same carers who need to end the suffering and take the lives of these animals once, due to age or illness, they […]https://www.happycow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cropped-HappyCowSQUARE-2016-512.jpg512512