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Posted On: October 15th 2026, 12:00 am
Republicans and Democrats have found something to agree on: curbing animal testing.

But shuttering labs and cutting funding risks damaging American science, and the welfare of the most important animal of all: humans.

To find out why, click the link in bio.

#animaltesting #animalrights #uspolitics #MAGA #Republicans #Democrats #RFK
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live4sustainability 2 hours ago

live4sustainability

Help pass bills to stop animal testing https://humaneaction.org/issues/animals-research

valentinaillera 14 hours ago

valentinaillera

The Economist being anthropocentric: "the most valuable animal: the human."

ashwickety 15 hours ago

ashwickety

Human supremacy on display. This is garbage. Do better.

antoniamullersc 15 hours ago

antoniamullersc

END ANIMAL TESTING 🙏🙏🙏🙏

stevileeart 18 hours ago

stevileeart

Rubbish writing.

alejandrasoche a day ago

alejandrasoche

"The most important animal of all", are you kidding me?

silvinamoschini a day ago

silvinamoschini

So let it be or test in your own family if you are so pro science… which is also absurd as technology exists Today to research without committing horrendous crimes against innocent animals.

hcou238 a day ago

hcou238

The economist is lowkenuinely evil

pixilandpixiland a day ago

pixilandpixiland

“ The most important animal of all: humans.” With this single unexamined premise, journalism bypasses all ethical accountability. Centuries of philosophical debate over our anthropocentric impact on the planet are instantly flattened into insignificance. The Economist, do better!

tanirodriguezg a day ago

tanirodriguezg

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

jennifergrayart a day ago

jennifergrayart

I’m disgusted by this human centric biased post. Shame! Shame on the economist!

nora.petsits a day ago

nora.petsits

This take is such crap and embarrassingly ill informed. We literally have artificial intelligence and electron microscopes and have decoded the human genome, and you want us to stick with the science of the dark ages infecting mice with diseases

safenewzealand a day ago

safenewzealand

All life is valuable and deserving of compassion 🩷

jacqueline_clare a day ago

jacqueline_clare

So our welfare depends on the suffering of other species? No thanks.

almagabrielafs a day ago

almagabrielafs

Animals should not be tested on! We can find other ways!

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