Blog 18 animal testing

http://http//www.homeoffice.gov.uk/science-research/animal-testing/
http://http//www.aboutanimaltesting.co.uk/biomedical-research-animal-testing.html
I can see how this bad behaviour would be cost effective and lab staff would think if the animals dont complain then it must be ok to keep them locked in small cages. After all they will be injured and hurt so what difference does this make. According to research the number of experiments involving live animals has halved in the last 30 years due to the: development of new research techniques for example, a technique that enables testing of new drugs for fever-causing agents using human blood cells instead of rabbits
introduction of rigorous standards stipulating that animal tests can’t be conducted when there is a validated alternative research technique.

I think it is important to test animals for research however I would like to see lab conditions improved, a lot of the time animals are crammed together in small cages and they are not considered to have feelings because they are used for research. Animal protesters have broken the law by stalking and threatening the lab staff. Some protesters have used violent methods and been arrested as a result of their actions.