Vivisection: Repetition of experiments when the outcome is known

Animals are used in experiments when the outcome is already known, when products have already been tested on animals, or are already in widespread human use.

Beagle puppies at Toxicol/Quintiles, a commercial contract testing lab, were force-fed a weedkiller which had already been tested on animals, and had been on the market for twenty years.

At the same lab, a NAVS Field Officer discovered that the active ingredient of an anti-malarial drug was being tested on dogs. The drug had already been given to over a million patients with “remarkably few adverse effects"....

Source: Repetition of experiments when the outcome is known
Author: NAVS

Link: Animal guru gives tests his blessing
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Link: Japanese veteran admits vivisection tests on PoWs
Link: Thinktank launched to debate animal ethics
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