Jane Goodall’s Convincing Argument Against Animal Research
Until now, the animal rights argument against animal testing had little sway over this writer, but primate expert Jane Goodall has such a convincing argument for replacing animal research, that I may have to change my mind.
Here’s an excerpt from a recent interview with Goodall in the Indian Express,
[Indian Express]: What is the way out?
[Jane Goodall]: We are the dominant species. We have the brains to subdue elephants. If it’s possible to reach the moon and find life-saving drugs with these brains, it’s also possible to find ways of progress without hurting animals. Had we stretched our brains a bit, we would have been further ahead. For animals, it’s torture. So let’s get our brains working and get rid of these painful experiments.
Of course, why didn’t anyone else think of this before? If it’s possible to go the moon, it must also be possible to accomplish X (where X is any as-yet unaccomplished goal).
If it’s possible to reach the moon, it’s also possible to travel back in time and stop World War II. If it’s possible to reach the moon, it’s also possible to cure all disease by 2010.
I certainly hope that Goodall is considered for the Nobel Prize for such pithy insight.
Source:
Can’t we research without hurting animals?. Indian Express, January 15, 2003.
Tags: Jane Goodall, Medical Research