Every year over 2 and a half million animals are used in Australian medical research, half a million in Victoria. This is claimed to be necessary for the benefit of medical science and human health. However, a growing number of doctors and scientists worldwide have repeatedly pointed out the fact that animal research is totally useless and its misleading results frequently prove counterproductive and damaging to human health.
Vivisection is barbaric, useless and a hindrance to scientific progress.
This is because animals are not like us, their bodies are different and they suffer from different diseases, and their reactions to drugs are also different. This means that animals cannot be used to find cures for human disease. In fact every medical advance has come about either independently from, or despite animal research and not because of it. Apart from these obvious commercial interests, many scientists base their entire careers on animal experiments, therefore any criticism of vivisection is seen as a threat to their jobs. New theories are rarely accepted by the medical establishment unless they have been 'proved' through animal experiments.