This is a very emotive subject. I take regular prescribed drugs for arthritis and high blood pressure - I know that when these drugs were researched they will have been tested on animals because that is the way things are done. The drugs are there; I need them in order to live; it is a fact of life.

However, all the latest research seems to be pointing towards the fact that testing on animals is actually unnecessary, so why should we continue to do it? Just because we did it in the past doesn't mean that we have to keep on doing it. I would much prefer to take a drug that has not been tested upon animals - at the moment, I do not have a choice.

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Bergies and borders - what more could anyone want? Siamese and maine coons, of course!

From the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam:
The Moving Finger writes, and, having writ,
Moves on, nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
(But you can always edit your post, of course )