Why is animal testing being done?

The idea that animals should never be used for testing is not reasonable. The idea that animals need to be foolishly abused duringtesting is also not a reasonable stance.

Humans need to test certain products and medicines on creatures to see if they interact in a favorable manner. This can ONLY be done on animals or other humans.

The conditions for most animal testing is very humane. The extremist groups do get the more "touchy feely" thinkers to contribute a great deal of money to fringe groups such as PETA so that the executives can live a very nice lifestyle. PETA is a favorite of mine because they don't "fence animals in, they fence the world out". They are known for some very unusual concepts. There current SAVE THE WHALE campaign featuring heavy females is just one such extremist example of cruelty to humans that the group regularly takes part in.