Animal Testing Should be Banned

1/ Animal testing is unreliableMy point is the statistic Pro presented does not back up his argument of unreliability. I will repeat my counter example in Round 1 here: 1000 drugs need to go through two tests. 900 fail the first test and only 100 are allowed to take the second test, then 92 fail and only 8 pass. Just because 92% of the drugs that pass the first test fail the second test, doesn't mean the first test is unreliable. Pro said 8% is small. Small compared to what? I asked him to show that "less than 92% of the products passing those alternatives fail in human clinical trials". Pro had no answer. Of course there are differences between human and animals. But I've already said in Round 2, "animal research can be much more specifically targeted and accurate when representing a human, thus correctly predicting a how a human will react" and "mice are actually considered the best model of inherited human diseases". Pro didn't have any rebuttal to my arguments.2/ Animal Testing is Cruel*) So animals can be killed whenever because there are no rights to protect them? That's a horrible and unfair statement. Why is it horrible and unfair? This is no argument, simply Pro's opinion. *) I don't see how it's absurd. If the human is dying of a disease, killing an animal who has a whole life ahead of it is cruel. The human is dying of natural causes, while the animal is dying unnaturally. Putting animal lives above human lives is absurd. It is completely unreasonable to sacrifice the lives of your own species to save the lives of other species. *) You ignored the point I made previously. Just because animals die for meat, this does not mean we can just kill 19.5m more animals. I didn't ignore anything. Killing animals for drugs and killing animals for food is the same. If it saves human lives then yes, we can kill 19.5m more animals.3/ There are AlternativesPro made a grave mistakes. He needs to show that the alternatives are better than animal testing. Just making a long list of other methods is meaningless. CELL CULTUREI've already said in Round 2 that "human cell" is not "human body" and "we must trial drugs on whole living organisms at some stage". Pro said that "the National Cancer Institute favours cell culture over animal testing". It is false. NCI uses animal testing a lot: "If the drug shows promise, extensive testing in animals will determine whether it is effective and safe enough for testing in humans" (. http://www.cancer.gov...).COMPUTERSHow can a model computer can replace a living organism? MICROORGANISMSNone of the sentences here states that this method is better than animal testing. MOLECULAR METHODSNone of the sentences here states that this method is better than animal testing. PRACTICAL EXAMPLESNone of the sentences here states that this method is better than animal testing. CYSTIC FIBROSISNone of the sentences here states that this method is better than animal testing. BRAIN RESEARCHNone of the sentences here states that this method is better than animal testing. ASTHMANone of the sentences here states that this method is better than animal testing. MULTIPLE SCLEROSISNone of the sentences here states that this method is better than animal testing. SKIN CANCERNone of the sentences here states that this method is better than animal testing. AIDS-RELATED PNEUMONIANone of the sentences here states that this method is better than animal testing. BRAIN TUMOURNone of the sentences here states that this method is better than animal testing. COMPUTER MODELLING OF VIRTUAL ORGANSComputer model again. See above. LIVERNone of the sentences here states that this method is better than animal testing. *) While it is unethical to kill a human, taking blood samples and organ donations is far more reliable than animal testing. There is no where in Pro's source states that "taking blood samples and organ donations is far more reliable than animal testing". ConclusionPro is unable to prove that animal testing is unreliable and the other methods are better. While maybe the animals are suffering due to the tests, it can't be helped if we want to save human lives. So the BOP is not met, Pro has failed to show that "Animal Testing Should be Banned".