Although animal experimenters take credit for this improvement, medical historians report that improved nutrition, sanitation, and other behavioral and environmental factors-rather than anything learned from animal experiments-are responsible for the fact that people are living longer lives. In fact, many of the most important advances in health are attributable to human studies, including the discovery of the relationships between cholesterol and heart disease and smoking and cancer, the development of X-rays, and the isolation of the AIDS virus.īetween 19, life expectancy in the United States increased from 47 to 77 years. Researchers from the Yale School of Medicine and several British universities published a paper in The BMJ titled “Where Is the Evidence That Animal Research Benefits Humans?” The researchers systematically examined studies that used animals and concluded that little evidence exists to support the idea that experimentation on animals has benefited humans. The only reason people are under the misconception that these experiments help humans is because the media, experimenters, universities, and lobbying groups exaggerate the potential they have to lead to new cures and the role they’ve played in past medical advances. Most experiments on animals are not relevant to human health, they do not contribute meaningfully to medical advances, and many are undertaken simply out of curiosity and do not even pretend to hold promise for curing illnesses. An article published in the esteemed Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine has even evaluated this very claim and concluded that it was not supported by any evidence. “Every major medical advance is attributable to experiments on animals.” The following are common statements supporting animal experimentation followed by the arguments against them. Fortunately, a wealth of cutting-edge non-animal research methodologies promises a brighter future for both animal and human health. Studies published in prestigious medical journals have shown time and again that animal testing is bad science and wastes lives-both animal and human-and precious resources by trying to infect animals with diseases that they would never normally contract.
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