THE MYTHS OF ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION
Bernhard Rambeck, MDMyth 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / Intro / Next Page
Eighth myth: "The animal does not suffer from experimentation"
The suffering of the research animal have already begun long before the experiment, as it has been bred, kept and transported under entirely abnormal conditions. There is no painless animal research! How should toxicological experiments, in which the animal is poisoned, sometimes more, sometimes less quickiy, be carried out without pain and agony? Animal experiments in the area of toxicology, cancer research, surgery and radiation research amongst others, are not conceivable without considerable suffering on the part of the affected animals. Even today, animal research causes enormous suffering, which usually does not end until death.