Empathy is one of the most cherished traits of human beings. It becomes more valuable when emotions of animals can be heartly felt by one. Humans have been testing upon animals for the last century largely in cosmetic and medical industries which can range from testing mice for vaccines in which they may die or reactions to certain chemicals which can cause rashes. It is necessary to eradicate these inhumane practices but only carrying out essential experiments.
By essential experiments, I contend not to check new emollient cream upon the skin of animals but carry only indispensable experiments as were carried out in the times of COVID. It was necessary to test the efficacy and efficiency of vaccines before green signaling them for human use as any detrimental reaction would have carried huge repercussions for the science and the corporation involved.
It is of utmost importance to carry out tests in the best conditions in which harm to the tested animal is minimized and in the case of an anomaly which can lead to a fatality, the animal is given an injection beforehand for a peaceful expiry.
In this of technology, scientists should take the help of AI, map out the best possible configurations for testing rather than testing each combination on large set of animals. It will not help us to reduce our dependency on animals but rather allow us to develop our technology in a way which helps us to chart the best imitation of human biological behavior.