Animal Research Quotes

• Animal research and testing has played a part in almost every medical breakthrough of the last century. It has saved hundreds of millions of lives worldwide.

  Joan Ryan

  Animal, Lasts, Research

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• The use of animals in medical research remains absolutely essential.

  John Savill

  Animal, Essentials, Use

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• Animal research has lead to advances in the treatment of many conditions... Where there is no alternative available, we will continue to ensure that the balance between animal welfare and scientific advancement is maintained.

  Andy Burnham

  Animal, Balance, Research

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• New drugs and surgical techniques offer promise in the fight against cancer, Alzheimer's, tuberculosis, AIDS, and a host of other life-threatening diseases. Animal research has been, and continues to be, fundamental to advancements in medicine.

  Daniel Kahikina Akaka

  Cancer, Fighting, Animal

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• Atrocities are not less atrocities when they occur in laboratories and are called medical research.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Animal, Vegetarianism, Abuse

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• Without animal research, polio would still be claiming thousands of lives each year.

  Albert Sabin

  Animal, Years, Research

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• Giving cancer to laboratory animals has not and will not help us to understand the disease or to treat those persons suffering from it.

  Albert Sabin

  Cancer, Animal, Giving

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• If abandoning animal research means that there are some things we cannot learn, then so be it ... We have no basic right ... not to be harmed by those natural diseases we are heir to.

  Tom Regan

  Mean, Animal, Disease

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• If an 'animal abuser' were killed in a research lab firebombing, I would unequivocally support that, too.

  Gary Yourofsky

  Animal, Support, Research

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• An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.

  Martin Buber

  Dog, Eye, Animal

  Martin Buber (2004). “I and Thou”, p.73, A&C Black

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• If killing [animal research scientists] is the only way to stop them, then I said killing them would certainly be justified.

  Jerry Vlasak

  Animal, Research, Way

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• ...animal research is essential to tackling major 21st century health problems such as cancer and heart disease. Without the use of animals it would be impossible, in many cases, to develop drugs or any sort of medical treatment.

  George Radda

  Cancer, Heart, Animal

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• We live longer and healthier lives than ever before. Animal research has improved the treatment of infections, helped with immunisation, improved cancer treatment and had a big impact on managing heart disease, brain disorders, arthritis and transplantation.

  Robert Winston

  Cancer, Heart, Animal

  "The shame of our silence" by Robert Winston, www.theguardian.com. May 30, 2006.

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• Animal research saves lives, but wherever possible alternatives should be used

  David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville

  Animal, Research, Alternatives

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• Just as animal research tells us that gluttony and sloth are side effects of a drive to accumulate body fat, it also says that eating in moderation and being physically active (literally, having the energy to exercise) are not evidence of moral rectitude. Rather, they're the metabolic benefits of a body that's programmed to remain lean.

  Gary Taubes

  Exercise, Animal, Sloth

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• I wish I could do it again, only I wish I could take all of the animals out of the environmental fur farm ... I have absolutely no regrets, and I hope the same thing continues to happen at MSU and every other college campus that does animal research.

  Rod Coronado

  Regret, Animal, College

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