For animal rights activists, like People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the answer is no. ... Its stance is that any testing is painful, inhumane, and unnecessary when alternatives are available. ... (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals 2-3). ... PETA's position is based on the belief that "humans are not superior to animals (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)." ... However, there are laws in place to minimize discomfort and inhumane treatment. ...

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I believe that the unnecessary testing of animals is inhumane and unethical when alternative methods are available. ... At best, the Draize test yields a crude measure of a substance's irritancy; it is not designed to yield information about possible treatments or antidotes. the Draize is inhumane. ... Since the animals are not treated, these tests provide little useful knowledge for the treatment of humans who are exposed to the harmful substances. ...

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Publications like Frank Stilley's The $100,000 Rat and Other Animal Heroes for Human Health tend to paint a glowing picture of animal experimentation as untainted by inhumane practices and motivated by the pure selfless desire to better the human condition (Goodwin 217). ... Frank Kendig stated in a speech: "In pharmacology there can be little doubt that the traditional and basic procedure of animal experimentation has been central in the development of drugs used in the treatment of diseases of known etiology - drugs such as antibiotics, antiparasitics, antiallergenics, and others. It ...

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