Some Freepers say God gives us permission to torture animals.
Huh? God gives us domain over the Earth, to include the animals. Big difference between harvesting and torture.
I can see some justification for medical experimentation to advance treatments and cures for humans and animals only where its the only option. With the advance of computer simulation in medicine, genetics knowledge, and non-invasive diagnosis and treatment techniques, the type of animal testing prevalent decades ago seems mostly unnecessary, but this is definitely not my area of expertise.