Stop Killing for funding!

It is wrong to use animals for medical research. Just because they don't have the ability to say something about it, it should be right? Why not use the handicapped for experimentation then, or orphaned children too young to speak? No, we couldn't do that because we have a moral responsibility to protect those who can't protect themselves, right?
Then how does it make it OK to put an animal in the same position? Don't we have a moral responsibility to protect animals from cruelty too? Don't get me wrong I'm not a vegetarian, but there are laws regulating how animals are killed for our meat industry, these laws don't apply to the scientists though, for them it's no holes barred.
As far as saving human lives gos, that's a load of crap. How many mice have been injected with cancer, and AIDS so far? It makes little difference to humans if the scientist can cure a rodent with AIDS, they still have to find a group of people to volunteer for study before they know if it works on people, and there is no shortage of people who are willing, if it means a cure. Even if they know it may not mean a cure for them there are people willing to sacrifice themselves to help others down the line. If a person is willing to make that sacrifice then OK experiment away, but you can't just make that decision for anyone or anything. It is simply not our right to decide that another creature be injected with AIDS, and watched while it dies a slow and painful death, just to generate some freaking statistics. "We've concluded after extensive research that nine thousand nine hundred fifty seven mice will die within the first six months after being injected with X. Seven thousand will die after a year, and fifteen are still alive, so we need two million dollars to see if we can get a different result this time." These guys are sick, some spend their entire careers torturing animals, and all they can show for it is a better shampoo, that's just wrong, I don't care who you are it's wrong.
Mark my words, perception is everything: The Nazis thought they would be revered for the advances they brought to medical research, and just as the Nazis were acting in an immoral fashion, people will eventually come to see that this behavior towards animals is unacceptable. We should be held responsible to act in a moral fashion concerning animals.
Scientists need to do something else with their time instead of torturing animals all day to generate statistics. Maybe then they can actually make some advances, after all I'm sure they can't concentrate when there's still so many mice out there that need injecting, and look at all those puppies with no shampoo in their eyes; work work work!
F.Michael Sigler