We are AGAINST animal MEDICAL experimentation in our debate project and would like to know some peoples' opinions on quotes from an article that is FOR animal medical experimentation. what would you say to these: 1. "Some people also argue that animal research is no longer necessary because modern technology can replace the use of animals...However, many factors affecting both human and animal lives can only be studied using research animals. The use of research animals has been and will continue to be essential to finding the causes and cures for many diseases. 2. Rats are valuable research subjects because their body systems are similar to humans and other animals in many respects. The animals are also susceptible to many of the diseases that affect humans...whenever surgery is performed, anesthesia is used. 3. Research involving animals has helped identify the causes of high blood pressure and develop more effective drugs to control the problems. Other research has resulted in treatments for strokes and heart attacks that save thousands of lives and reduce recovery time. 4. Dogs have been especially important to researchers who developed open-heart surgery, pacemakers, and heart transplants. These techniques have revolutionized the therapy for people who have severe heart disease. 5. According to Dr. Joseph Murray, winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Medicine, "There would not be a single person alive today as a result of organ transplant or bone-marrow transplant without animal experimentation." My partner and I really need some different perspectives against/for these quotes and would like to know the many opinions on animal medical experimentation. We are against it for this debate. thanks in advance ;]