Testing on animals and saving pain for humans

Using Animals for medical research is a controversial issue. Some question the necessity and cruelty of using animals for medical research. Many websites (e.g. http://www.stopanimaltests.com/) ask people to raise their voices for condoning animal testing. Others say the testing on animals helped expedite invention of medicines and achieved this with least human suffering.

Almost every medicine that came into market in last two centuries was derived from some form of animal testing. The experiments on these animals helped humans find medicines for many diseases, thereby reducing pain for humans. There is absolutely no question that the research has benefited human civilization.

Would the people who are against animal-testing come forward and take pledge that they would not take these medicines? I bet no one would take that pledge. Hypocrites! If you are against using animals for laboratory testing, then you don't agree with the process that was used in discovery of current medicines. If you are a principled person, don't take any of the available medicines.

But, we are living in a civilized world. Being civilized, we should have compassion on animals, we have control over. Wherever possible, laboratories should try to minimize pain for the animals. However, no regulations (or) new rights for animals are needed in this context. We need the laboratories to continue their testing (some way or other) and find cures for diseases, for which we don't have cure yet. Our civilization will be better off in next generation.