I read the Internet and it told me that every scientist is a
moustache twirling megalomaniac who conducts cruel experiments on
animals for fun, knowing full well that nothing productive has ever come
of animal testing. In fact, every scientist who says otherwise, and who
knows more about science than I do, is merely on the pay roll of
pharmaceutical corporations. Scientists only role in this world is to
torture animals for money. They accomplish this by pitting them in
mortal combat in some kind of lab-based gladiatoral arena, where their
violent conflicts churn out money for the corporate fat-cats and keep
the rest of us sheeple in poverty.
This is what you sound like. Grow up.
Yep well said Doghouse...Animal Experimentation is only part of the quest to get treatments to MSers, it is getting less and less.
However it should be getting more transparent.
The declaration was launched 19th October at a
briefing attended by David Willetts MP, Minister of State for universities and
science, where the latest ipsos MORI poll on public opinion into animal research
was released. The survey shows a slight fall in public support for research
that uses animals. Whilst the majority of people still support the need for
animals to be used in medical research where there is no alternative, the
figures also show that a significant proportion of the population want to know
more about the reasons why animals are used and the strict conditions under
which that use is regulated.
The signatories announced include
universities, charities, pharmaceutical companies and research councils. This
group, led by Understanding Animal Research, will work together to develop principles of open
communication as well as some practical steps and measurable objectives for a
more transparent approach across the bioscience community to animal research.
The Mori Poll found
“I agree with animal experimentation for all types of
research where there is no alternative” Around 50% of people agree with this statement. Just over half of people (55%) are unconditional acceptors.
“It does not bother me if animals are used in
experimentation” Only 21% of people agree with this statement, indicating that this is still an issue that the public care about.
“I can accept animal experimentation as long as it is
for medical research purposes” (66%)
“I can accept animal experimentation as long as
there is no unnecessary suffering to the animals” (66%)
“I agree with animal experimentation for all types
of medical research where there is no alternative” (63%)
I suspect if we polled people with diseases such as MS, their responses may be different and they would be more pro animal research. Animal research is being squeezed in the UK all the time. Part of this is by regulation but the main driver that is reducing animal research in universities is the sheer and staggering costs of undertaking the work due to spiralling University charges. Less than 1% of recent papers on EAE originate from within the UK.