To be truthful, if it doesn't harm the animal too much I think it's perfectly fine. After all, we can't figure out something with out testing it out, right.
Same with vegetarianism, it doesn't do anything for the society. Really, it doesn't. If we didn't eat meat in the beginning of time we wouldn't be here today.
...*ahem* :x *tries not to bring on big rant*
This is a tough question. I do not think, though, that animals should be tested for such things.
More proof that we as humans view ourselves as the top of the food chain, better, etc. etc.
We all know that no one's going to test on a human, because humans are almighty. >>;
Animals are no different. At least, I don't think so. Because animals can't talk or think on levels that us humans can... we kill them, destroy them, laugh at them, test on them, beat them.
But then there's the debate of letting a whole bunch of humans die rather than a few animals, etc.
I've thought long and hard about this question. I believe... that humans can find something else to test on.
I mean, if we can build computers, rockets, send people to the moon and predict the landing within a fraction of a second, surely we can find something other than animals to test drugs on. It's simply the fact that no one wants to, because today, as long as we the humans are happy, that's all that matters.
Don't matter that we're destroying entire rainforests, because we get paper from it!
Don't matter that we're torturing chickens, because we get a good Thanksgiving dinner from it!
Don't matter that we're testing on animals, because it's saving lives in the end! So why find something else to test on?
..yep. It's all about us. ><