When Animals are getting experimented on do they get treated right and get their animal rights? ?

Question

or are they not getting treated right and getting treated horribly?

Answer 1

There are codes of conduct. But these are to address human sensibilities. Animals do not have rights, that is purely an abstract, human idea. What rights do hen's have when a fox is loose amongst them? What rights does a Caterpillar have when it is being eaten alive from within by wasp larvae?

Nature red in tooth and claw! Only humans invent rights, and only humans then violate them.

Answer 2

If you were setting up an experiment, would you want to add a second factor by treating the experimental animals inhumanely or would you want to test just the hypothesis of interest? Of course the experimental animals are treated well. It's when PETA sticks its figurative nose in that the animals are in trouble.

Answer 3

The very fact that they are being experimented on proves that they are not getting any rights.

Answer 4

In my academic career, I've never mistreated an experimental animal nor have I ever been aware of any fellow researcher or student mistreating said animals.  Having said that, I realize there are those who think that using animals for experimentation is cruel and inhumane and who insist that computer modeling is a sufficient means for testing drugs, cosmetics, surgical procedures and other potentially hazardous products.  They show their profound ignorance - computer models simply cannot replace animal experimentation and won't likely be able to for many decades to come.  My colleagues and I use the latest computer technology whenever we can, but it simply is not enough.  

Answer 5

That question is too general. It depends on the nature of the experiment and who does it. If the experiment involves mere study of an animal's natural behaviour and they are kept in a comfortable environment and well fed and not stuck with needles etc then yes that is a humane experiment. However, if the experiment involves causing suffering or discomfort to an animal, that's a different thing entirely.

As for animal rights, the whole concept of "rights" is a human idea. Certain people choose to stand up and say "I think animals should have the right to this or that" and that is how animal rights are defined. Thus animal rights are merely those freedoms which the humans choose to apply to them. Animal rights are not present in nature.