Posted by: _____ January 12, 2013
Religion: What should it contribute?
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 Now My friend about animal cruality ,

I know you just pick whichever lines suits your beleife, whithout trying to look at broader picture. This is your problem. You are behaving like a  teen ager. yet to be mature.

Why you only want to see one side of the coin? Or you beleive coins have only one side? My friend for your information let me tell you coins have other side too.
so you picked up How Christianty helped animals and ignored the possibility that christian might have done bad to animals too . 

Lets me tell you what Beleivers have done to animals 

Animal testing, also known as animal experimentationanimal research, and in vivo testing, is the use of non-human animals in experiments (although some research about animals involves only natural behaviors or pure observation, such as a mouse running a maze or field studies of chimp troops). Worldwide it is estimated that the number of vertebrate animals—from zebrafish to non-human primates—ranges from the tens of millions to more than 100 million used annually.[1] Invertebrates, mice, rats, birds, fish, frogs, and animals not yet weaned are not included in the figures in the United States; one estimate of mice and rats used in the US alone in 2001 was 80 million.[2][3]Most animals are euthanized after being used in an experiment.[4] Sources of laboratory animals vary between countries and species; most animals are purpose-bred, while others are caught in the wild or supplied by dealers who obtain them from auctions andpounds.[5]



Animals have been used repeatedly through the history of biomedical research. The founders,
in 1831, of the 
Dublin Zoo—the fourth oldest zoo in Europe, after Vienna, Paris, and London—were
members of the medical profession, interested in studying the animals both while they were alive
and when they were dead.
[19] In the 1880s, Louis Pasteur convincingly demonstrated the germ
theory
 of medicine by inducing anthrax in sheep.[20] In the 1890s, Ivan Pavlov famously used dogs
to describe 
classical conditioning.[21] Insulin was first isolated from dogs in 1922, and revolutionized
the treatment of 
diabetes.[22] On November 3, 1957, a Soviet dogLaika, became the first of many 
animals to orbit the earth. In the 1970s, antibiotic treatments and vaccines for leprosy were
developed using armadillos,
[23] then given to humans.[24] The ability of humans to change the 
genetics of animals took a large step forwards in 1974 when Rudolf Jaenisch was able to produce
the first 
transgenic mammal, by integrating DNA from the SV40 virus into the genome of mice.[25] 
This genetic research progressed rapidly and, in 1996, 
Dolly the sheep was born, the first mammal
to be 
cloned from an adult cell.[26]

My friend plese check the religoius beelif and religoius upbringing of those scienttists mentioned here, most of them are either christians or had Christians upbringisg.How can you deny this fact?





Types of vertebrates used in animal testing in Europe in 2005: a total of 12.1 million animals were used.[47]


Cats and dogs

Cats are most commonly used in neurological research. Over 25,500 cats were used in the U.S. in 2000, around half of whom were used in experiments which, according to the American Anti-Vivisection Society, had the potential to cause "pain and/or distress".[68]

Dogs are widely used in biomedical research, testing, and education — particularly beagles, because they are gentle and easy to handle. They are commonly used as models for human diseases in cardiology, endocrinology, and bone and joint studies, research that tends to be highly invasive, according to the Humane Society of the United States.[69]The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal Welfare Report for 2005 shows that 66,000 dogs were used in USDA-registered facilities in that year.[51] In the U.S., some of the dogs are purpose-bred, while most are supplied by so-called Class B dealers licensed by the USDA to buy animals from auctions, shelters, newspaper ads, and who are sometimes accused of stealing pets.[70]

Non-human primates

Around 65,000 primates are used each year in the U.S. and Europe.

Non-human primates (NHPs) are used in toxicology tests, studies of AIDS and hepatitis, studies of 
neurology, behavior and cognition, reproduction, genetics, andxenotransplantation. They are
caught in the wild or purpose-bred. In the U.S. and China, most primates are domestically
purpose-bred, whereas in Europe the majority are imported purpose-bred.[71] Rhesus monkeys,
cynomolgus monkeys, squirrel monkeys, and owl monkeys are imported; around 12,000 to 15,000
monkeys are imported into the U.S. annually.[72] In total, around 70,000 NHPs are used each year
in the United States and European Union.[47][51] Most of the NHPs used aremacaques;[73] but 
marmosetsspider monkeys, and squirrel monkeys are also used, and baboons and chimpanzees 
are used in the U.S; in 2006 there were 1133 chimpanzees in U.S. primate centers.[74] The first
transgenic primate was produced in 2001, with the development of a method that could introduce
new genes into arhesus macaque.[75] This transgenic technology is now being applied in the
search for a treatment for the genetic disorder Huntington's disease.[76] Notable studies on
non-human primates have been part of the polio vaccine development, and development of Deep
Brain Stimulation
, and their current heaviest non-toxicological use occurs in the monkey AIDS
model, SIV.[7][73][77] In 2008 a proposal to ban all primates experiments in the EU has sparked a
vigorous debate.[78]




Around 65,000 primates are used each year in the U.S. and Europe.


Toxicology testing

Toxicology testing, also known as safety testing, is conducted by pharmaceutical companies testing drugs, or by contract animal testing facilities, such as Huntingdon Life Sciences, on behalf of a wide variety of customers.[140]According to 2005 EU figures, around one million animals are used every year in Europe in toxicology tests; which are about 10% of all procedures.[47] According to Nature, 5,000 animals are used for each chemical being tested, with 12,000 needed to test pesticides.[141] The tests are conducted without anesthesia, because interactions between drugscan affect how animals detoxify chemicals, and may interfere with the results.[142][143]

A rabbit during a Draize test

Toxicology tests are used to examine finished products such as pesticides,medicationsfood additives, packing materials, and air freshener, or their chemical ingredients. Most tests involve testing ingredients rather than finished products, but according to BUAV, manufacturers believe these tests overestimate the toxic effects of substances; they therefore repeat the tests using their finished products to obtain a less toxic label.[140]

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