Should researchers be allowed to use animals in testing the safety of drugs, vaccines, medical devices, and cosmetics?

no its wrong

no. animals should NOT be used at all in any testing. instead testing should be conducted on convicted criminals such as rapists, child predators, sex traffickers, terrorists.

Yes, but not for cosmetics and only after passing significant theoretical thresholds in all other circumstances.

Yes, but, only animals that are not perceived as pets and it should be done humanely to prevent long term suffering of any test animal.

Only in situations where there is no other option. But they definitely shouldn't be tested on for cosmetic purposes

no its absolutely disgusting, we are animals too but other animals don't do drug practice and lock us in a cage and torture us our whole lives, why are we an exception?. poor animals can think, feel, see, hear and touch just like us so leave them to do there own thing like we do ours. {also respect farmers they provide all meat and veggies that we eat}

Yes but not for make up. And there should be regulations on animal welfare for testing that limit suffering as much as possible.

It depends on the animal and on the testing. There should be strict regulations based on animal intelligence, capacity to feel pain, social dependency etc., and also on what the drugs, vaccines and medical devices are, what conditions they're intended to treat, what the expected effects on animals will be etc. Testing for cosmetics should not be allowed. Animal welfare standards should be reviewed and strictly enforced to minimise distress and pain.

If tested on humans , then could get into sewage / water highways affects animals so got to be more controlled

Yes, so long as the animal is an invading species/over populated AND that lab trials have at least 85% success

Yes but only for pharmaceutics not for cosmetics and it should be done in the most ethical way possible.

Test it on prisoners that committed horrendous crimes of violent/sexual nature, that have been convicted with undeniable evidence

No animal testing. Convicted violent criminals should be used instead. And no testing should be needed for cosmetics.

No, use criminals to test on. More reliable data when using a human, and they give up the right for declining once they commit a crime

We are not mice. Yes, it might work for a rat but maybe not for joanna. And no, makeup should NOT go anywhere near animals

only for animals with a low mental-capacity, thus reducing the chances of them feeling much pain if the tests are unsuccessful

Yes, only for urgent situations (like a pandemic/epidemic). If time is available then voluntary human testing should be used instead (and only ever human testing for non-necessary cosmetics)

No, these should be tested on criminals who have committed a serious offence that has undeniable evidence

I personally believe that it shouldn’t be used on any animals that are at risk of endangerment. It should also be based off how dangerous the product tested is.

only for medical reasons, medicines, vaccines. not for beauty products. including body/hairwash or makeup.

Animals should not be used in any testing for human benefit. Instead use convicted and confirmed people who have committed violent crimes

Animal testing should be banned for any industry provided a proven and reliable cruelty-free alternative exists.

On certain unlikely-to-harm products yes, but for everything else, consenting adults should be used and compensated for testing.

yes, but only medical and when there is a genuine need (e.g. no other possible approach and lives will be saved), and never on primates

Yes, but only medicines and test those medicines on convicted pedophiles and rapists who have 100% certain evidence against them.

Only if the material is proved to be safe for the animals beforehand and that the animals are treated with care and their welfare prioritised.

I find this too difficult to answer, cosmetic testing definitely shouldn’t be allowed however, medical testing is needed so unless a more suitable alternative is found I just don’t know. Could organ donation be used for the testing?

Yes, but not cosmetics and under very strict and humane conditions for medical testing if no other way exists

No, we should use criminals instead

Sometimes, with safeguards.

No, and harsher punishments for those who do. Alternatives like paying volunteers over 18 should be considered.

Only the use of rodents.

Use rapists and sexual predators

test on nonces; not cosmetics, they dont get to look nice

Yes, except pets such as Dogs and cats.

Depends no if researchers can't use disabled people yes if they can also do tests on disabled people or orphan kids or people above 60

Yes, aslong as it's "humain"

Only for medical use.

allow as long as the composition has been tested to make sure it is not harmful to an animal, except for cosmetics which should be banned

yes, but not for cosmetics and extensive inorganic tests should be done first to make sure it is safe for an animal and won't cause harm

Yes but need to make sure it doesn’t kill it

Yes, never for cosmetic. But we should be funding research in tissue based practices

No - research has shown overtime animals respond differently to testing than humans. If we need it test it on us

Yes, but only if we don’t have any data to suggest wether a product is safe to use on a human or not

only if its life changing

Yes but not on pets e.g cats and dogs but on rodent animals such as rats and mince

Should use criminals

Only if there is no other option

Test on rapists and pedos instead

yes because otherwise we wouldn't know if things would work however, it can also kill a lot of animals and they might wend up extinct

Only animals that are at risk of dying/ are likely to die anyway

Yes but in only very restricted circumstances

this depends on the harm done to the animals and how humane the testing is

Yes, but not conscious intelligent ones

Yes, if no alternative biological substance can be found, or created, for medical purposes—and testing against human subjects is seen as far too risky. Not for cosmetics.

Only if it will not harm the animals

Yes, so long as the tests are done in a controlled humane manner

No they should experiment on humans instead of animals

only if there is no other alternatives and definitely not for cosmetics

yes but only on animals that are classed as rodents

On convicted peadophiles and rapists

Only were necessary, but not for cosmetics.

only fore non harmful drugs or things

it should be avoided unless completely necessary.

Depends how necessary it is.

It depends on how necessary it is.

Yes, but only if the animals are unharmed and suffer no after effects

Yes for cosmetics, no for drugs, vaccines, and medical devices.

More important issues, keep current outlook for now.

I think we need to listen to scientists and the reasons why we might need to do animal testing.

Only if it essential for the development of a vaccine or medicine. Not for non-essential consumer products.

In testing vaccines yes if for life threatening diseases but nothing else.

Prisoners is fine.

It is necessary for some products such like vaccines and medical advancements however animals should not be tested on for things like cosmetics.

Surely, we have new forms of testing by which to test such needs in the contemporary? If not, there should be further studies made viable to expand upon the issue—cosmetically more so should be focused upon human participants.

Ideally animal testing should be avoided but there may be some circumstances in the development of drugs were animal testing is valuable

Absolutely not, animals deserve just as much freedom as they want they shouldn't be used to benefit humans

Only rats, or white mice.

Testing should be done on sexual predators and domestic viole ce abusers.

Not cosmetics otherwise yes

Should be tested on those in prison. Use them as the testers

It is a difficult question because a lot of good things have come from the findings of these studies however I think the animals should not be harmed and also given the BEST quality of life whilst doing studies.

Only once the other stages of testing have been tested and their is evidence that the animal won’t be killed.

Yes but only for essential life saving drugs, not for stupid things like cosmetics.

Use convicted criminals who have done something really bad.

If necessary and humane then yes

No, don’t test on innocent animals test on paedophiles and rapists

Researchers should be allowed to test the safety of medical drugs on animals, but not cosmetics.

Yes, but only until computer modelling is advanced enough to make moving straight to human testing safe

Yes, but only if needs be. If there is no other way to test the product’s reliability. It should be very rare cases where it’s used.

Use prisoners of the most awful crimes especially those against children they should lose the rights to being treated humanly

Not unless for life saving research

only animals that aren't important like farm animals, dogs, cats (domestic)

Yes for medical investigations, no for cosmetics, but hardened criminals should also be used in testing.

Only if the drug could contain harmful chemicals

depends how important it is