Experiments on animals are not a valid method either for investigating the various causes of human diseases or for developing a treatment for them. Faked injuries are inflicted on animals in order to create so-called “models” that are used to simulate human conditions. With the exception of a number of symptoms, such models hardly bear any resemblance to human diseases. In an animal experiment, factors including the environment, nutrition, smoking, social and psychological aspects, and especially their interactions, cannot be replicated. Contrary to its countless promises, using animal testing, and despite millions of sacrifices and huge economic investments, the medical research system has failed to create significant advances in the fight against major modern diseases (e.g., cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, allergies, AIDS, etc.).
The results of experiments on animals cannot be reliably transferred to humans. Experiments on animals cannot lead to a reliable conclusion about whether and to what extent animals and humans will react in this way. In all cases, the same test must be replicated in humans with unknown risks and unpredictable consequences. The result of this anti-scientific extrapolation from laboratory animals to humans is that drugs are being taken off the market because of unforeseen dangers or even fatal side effects in humans – effects that have not been seen in animals.
Research into the true causes of human disease is more rewarding and promising and even more beneficial than an increasing number of experiments on defenseless animals. Numerous studies of clinical patients and healthy people have shown the influence of lifestyle on the origin and course of various diseases. It has been clearly demonstrated that the conditions of our civilization are caused mainly by smoking, alcohol abuse, fatty and meat-rich foods, stress, insufficient physical activity and other reasons. To investigate such important factors, no animal must suffer or die.