Sir Paul McCartney was an outspoken supporter of abolishing animal research. Now he has publically conceded that he was wrong and that animal research directly contributed to the medical effort that successfully prolonged the life of his wife Linda. Animal researchers themselves claim that deciding whether an animal model is meaningful or not isn't easy. If it isn't good all the time it is never good at all. This is a sample of the simple-minded thinking these pet lovers want to translate into scientific research.
Science is complex and subtle.
Human experimentation is the direction that animal rights groups are taking us. Maybe some of the SACA members would volunteer for the nerve regeneration research that has been completed with some success on mice. The research is planned to go forward on humans soon. Christopher Reeve, who admittedly over-promotes the status of nerve regeneration, has placed all his hope on a procedure that was developed on animals. There is simply no ethical way to research nerve regeneration without animals.