• Question: what is the worse thing that happened to an animal when in testing?

    Asked by you don't know me to Abid, Donna, Sanjib, Thomas, Avril on 17 Jun 2017.
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      Avril Tucker answered on 17 Jun 2017:

      I’m sorry but I have no idea. I don’t like the idea of animal testing but understand that it is a reality if we are to have safe and effective drugs for both human and animal use.

    • Photo: Donna Johnson

      Donna Johnson answered on 17 Jun 2017:

      A lot of the time they have to be killed to get the results. They’re well treated though. It can be quite expensive to produce a genetically modified mouse for example and they’re a valuable and vital tool so we want them to be well treated. A poorly treated animal can give bad results and invalidate a whole trial. Plus we scientists are generally good people and don’t want to see animals in pain.

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