If you have any questions about this subject that aren't answered below, feel free to contact our host. Humans are capable of caring about more than one issue at a time. Just because a person is concerned about animals does not mean that she cannot be equally concerned about human suffering. Additionally, abuse against animals is very much connected to abuse against people, particularly children. The ideal situation is for all of us to care about injustice, no matter who the victim is.
Humans are superior to animals.
Unfortunately, that is why there is so much violence in the world. Everyone is hurting everyone else because they can. If placement on the food chain is how we determine our worth, then we have reduced ourselves to the lowest common denominator. IF we are truly superior to animals, that means we must live up to a higher ethical standard. For a multitude of reasons, animals make poor substitutes for humans in such research, and an earnest look through medical history bears this out.