"If animal experiments were so valuable, why have the millions spent on cancer research, for instance, not only failed to find the answers but also failed to stop the situation from worsening? The slogan "Support Cancer Research UK and help save lives" seems ironic, in view of the number of animals tortured and slaughtered in the name of such research.
Animal experiments are supposed to have helped our treatment of heart disease. There is, however, no animal model for human heart disease, which is largely a result of lifestyle and diet, which factors are in our own hands. It is apparently easier and preferable for society to seek an 'instant cure' for its ills than to address the fundamental causes.
