Are the animals used in research treated humanely?
It can be argued that no animal used in research is treated humanely, simply because they are forced to live in an artificial environment. These “laboratory” animals have been forever denied their ability to live their lives as nature intended, whether in the wild, as in the case of monkey and chimpanzees, or in a home, as in the case of cats, dogs, rabbits and guinea pigs. Even those few “laboratory” animals who are used in less invasive procedures suffer the distress of fear, isolation, depression and anxiety, and that kind of pain is as real as physical pain.
