Four Vivisectors' Lies
[Source: Animal Research Takes Lives by Bette Overell]
THE VIVISECTORS' LIE No. 1 |
That it is possible to re-create a naturally occurring human disease in a healthy animal (what vivisectors call an "animal model" of a human disease).
SCIENTIFIC FACT
It is by definition impossible. Trying to re-create spontaneous human disease
(naturally occurring disease that arises from within) in a healthy being
constitutes "experimental research". It is impossible to re-create a
naturally occurring human disease in a healthy animal (or in a healthy human
being) simply because once it is "re-created", it is artificial and no longer
the original, natural disease. Clearly "re-creation" and "spontaneous" are
contradictory terms. It then follows that experimental research (vivisection)
cannot find cures for any diseases no matter how many millions of animal or
human experiments are performed (human experiments are now commonplace).
It is sometimes possible to re-create some of the symptoms of a disease,
or a simulated disease but NEVER the disease itself. The
exception to this fact is the case of infectious diseases. However animals do
not get human infectious diseases and we do not get theirs. (Non-human animals
cannot have a human disease because each species of animal is a different
biomechanical entity.)
THE VIVISECTORS' LIE No. 2 |
That it is possible to learn human anatomy and physiology by studying four-legged animals (quadrupeds), fish, or birds.
SCIENTIFIC FACT
Animals are totally different from man and from each other, genetically,
histologically, anatomically, physiologically, immunologically, emotionally,
psychologically, sexually, and socially. It is clear that human medicine
cannot be based on veterinary medicine - as animal medicine is not based on
human medicine.
THE VIVISECTORS' LIE No. 3 |
That it is possible to predict human reactions to drugs, vaccines and other chemicals by testing them in animals.
SCIENTIFIC FACT
Animals react differently to drugs, vaccines and other chemicals, not only from
man but also from each other. Hence the incalculable damage to human
health caused by pharmaceutical drugs and vaccines.
THE VIVISECTORS' LIE No. 4 |
That animal experimentation is useful in order to learn about animal diseases in agricultural colleges and veterinary schools.
SCIENTIFIC FACT
No knowledge about animal diseases can be obtained by looking at artificially
diseased animals (experimental research).