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There has been opposition to experimenting on animals for a long time. this opposition has made little headway because experimenters, backed by commercial firms that profit by supplying laboratory animals and equipment, have been able to convince legislators and the public that opposition comes from uninformed fanatics who consider the interests of animals more important than the interests of human beings.

-Peter Singer

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There Has Been Opposition To Experimenting On

Peter Singer

There has been opposition to experimenting on animals for a long time. this opposition has made little headway because experimenters, backed by commercial firms that profit by supplying laboratory animals and equipment, have been able to convince legislators and the public that opposition comes from uninformed fanatics who consider the interests of animals more important than the interests of human beings.

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