TheKittyOwl

Humans aren't made to eat meat by anyone (or anything else). We are omnivores, we are knowledgeable about what nutritients we need, where to get them, and how to substitute them.

We're not cats, we can choose perfectly freely.

Hi, I'm late to the party but reading through the comments here a question arouse: what's your stance on animal experimenting, in general? I'm from a scientific field and well, unfortunately there's still lots of animal testing going on. It's a necessity in fundamental scientific research, and of course, it is absolutely needed in the pharma industry. The future aim is to reduce this as much as possible, at least that's what they told us at uni. I'm not sure if the industry thinks the same.

Personally I think that by far not all testing and the way the animals are handled is justified. Sometimes, the obtained data is simply useless, but it is hard to predict such an outcome beforehand. Of course, any testing not directed at fundamental research or life saving medicine shouldn't be done anymore (cosmetics, the 394852th blood pressure medicine etc). But ultimately, as we stand nowdays, animal testing is a reality.

Does that mean that vegans shouldn't be taking any medicine? Almost everything, especially newer active substances, has gone through animal testing and are therefore isn't vegetarian (LD50) and even less so vegan.