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I've not been keeping up with it either. I'm all for avoiding animal testing when it's not needed. I'm just not against it on principle.
I mean that sounds horrid at first, but it's a valid point. I'm not quite sure what the alternative methods you mentionred are, but something like a complex computer model is probably much more expensive and slower then just testing on mice. And it could help getting a procedure or drug to people faster and cheaper.
Again, I won't object on principle. I know someone that tried dog and it's apprarently not that good. Also I think you can somewhat legally eat dog where I live. Like you can't trade the meat, but slaughtering and eating are fine, so you kind of have to find a farmer that will invite you to dinner. But not really something I'm interested in.
I'd have much more objections to people eating rare, wild animals, like whales. Cats and dogs are domesticated animals, so we're not going to run out of them.