Are animal experiments necessary and can they be justified?
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Animal experiments are one of the traditional approaches to studying how human and animal bodies work (in health and illness) and for testing medicines and chemicals.
Scientists who use animals argue that there is currently no other way to achieve their scientific objectives, and that any pain or distress caused to the animals is outweighed by the potential benefits of their research.
However, ‘necessity’ and ‘justification’ are both matters of opinion and open to debate. There is a range of ...
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