The parent shouldn't be downvoted, as it is exactly true. Hypocritical even in its two sentences, but true. It is fashionable to look away, and necessary for ou

The parent shouldn't be downvoted, as it is exactly true. Hypocritical even in its two sentences, but true. It is fashionable to look away, and necessary for our own health and progress in medicine to do these things, but that doesn't make it anything other than what it is. However, what happens within the scientific community is a drop in the ocean of what happens on farms and in the wild. If you feel strongly about animal suffering, then the following are logical things to advocate and aid: 1) Veganism, now that we are at a point in our mastery of agriculture at which this is a viable choice if everyone made it. 2) Tissue engineered meat and other animal products, made without any form of suffering. 3) Simulational approaches to animal research. Ultimately animals will be sacrificed only for calibration, at rates far lower than is presently the case. 4) The removal of all natural wildlife, to be replaced by managed systems in which there is no death or violence, only the simulation of it. Obviously these, especially (4), are long term projects. They are not impossible, but will require progressively greater levels of technology in the order in which they are presented. If you think they are valuable, you should help these causes. The Hedonistic Imperative is an interesting set of ideas to look into with regards to (4). [1] [1]: http://hedweb.org/ http://hedweb.org/