I support vivisection but must we really kill 4million animals?
By
Dr Danny Penman
Last updated at 11:52 AM on 23rd July 2009
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Vivisection polarises British society like almost no other issue. On the one hand, medical researchers claim that animal experiments are vital for human progress and the elimination of diseases. On the other, animal rights extremists say that scientists delight in 'torturing' animals for profit.
We want it both ways: we demand our life-saving pharmaceuticals but don't like to think too deeply about the animals they were tested upon.
Like most people, I would sacrifice the lives of countless lab animals to save my fiancče or other members of my family.
Nevertheless, I felt deeply uneasy yesterday when I learned that the number of animals used in experiments had increased by half a million in the past year alone...............
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