[melagonster]

And save human life at the same time? Experiments are not just about torturing animals; people spend a lot of time optimizing for experiment design.

[vee-kay]

Hey, did you hear about the Volkswagen Monkeys?

Volkswagen (the same megacorp that did the infamous Dieselgate/Emissionsgate scams) forced monkeys to inhale exhaust from its automobiles, to try to show that fumes from current models (the cars, not the monkeys) were less noxious than previous models.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/science/sociology/20-of-the-most-u...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal

I guess this cannot be termed as "torturing animals" in the "name of science".

We humans also inhale vehicular exhaust fumes, don't we?

Oh wait, I forgot. Monkeys don't drive cars.

Or do they? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XW5NLeGEo94

[melagonster]

If you do not know, the current effort is focused on reducing the budget of NIH. These experiments are performed for cancer or other disease research.