- checking login information
The Animal Welfare Cause
1,192,986 people care about Animal Welfare
Loading...Malaysia Official Says: God Created Monkeys and Rats For Experiments
A Malaysian official appears to be baffled as to why he came under fire after defending an Indian company’s plans to build an animal testing lab in his country. The Chief Minister said, “God created monkeys and rats for experiments to benefit humans.”
India’s Vivo Bio Tech, Ltd. plans to set up a biotechnology laboratory in Malacca, a state in southern Malaysia that will test medications for cancer and diabetes. Trial medicines will be tested on dogs, primates and other animals. The company said it intends to import beagles from Holland and capture primates from the local area.
The facility is a $141 million joint-venture between Vivo, state government-owned Melaka Biotech Holdings and a local company named Vanguard Creative Technologies.
The decision to allow Vivo into the country has outraged worldwide animal rights organizations on several levels. Many of them have joined together as a coalition to try to stop the project.
They are angry because Malaysia has no laws overseeing the testing of animals. The activists see the move as a way for Vivo Bio Tech to run unchecked experiments on innocent animals in a country that will allow them to do so.
And they are infuriated by the many offensive remarks made by Malacca Chief Minister Mohamad Ali Rustam about the animals to be used at the Vivo laboratory.
The Chief Minister is proud to have the lab in his state and cannot understand why the outside world is crashing in on his parade.
The Chief Minister told The Associated Press, “God created animals for the benefits of human beings. That’s why he created rats and monkeys…We cannot test on human beings. This is the way it has to be. God created monkeys, and some have to be tested.”
When members of several social media websites began to complain about the Chief Minister’s comments he said, “Why are people making it such an issue? Eating animals could also be seen as cruel, and yet it was widely accepted. Would you rather run the tests on humans?”
The situation has been an eye opening experience about how differently people can see a set of circumstances. The animal coalition has been trying to instill empathy for animals to the Malaysia government.
Christine Chin-Radford, a spokesperson for the coalition said, “We are just asking for a humane and a more progressive method, there are alternative methods available without having to use animals. Our primates will be snatched from the forests to be tested for what? Animal testing really leads to nowhere.”
The coalition is made of: The Malaysia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Friends of the Earth Malaysia, the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection and the European Coalition to End Animal Experiments.
The group has seen relocations like Vivo Bio Tech before and cautions that it is a new trend by some research laboratories. Chin-Radford said, “Companies are increasingly outsourcing animal testing to Asia, where regulations are more lax and costs are lower than in the West. India has strict rules concerning animal testing.”
In the meantime Chief Minister Mohamad Ali Rustam said he is willing to meet with the animal rights groups and “get their feedback.”
Click here to sign the petition to stop Vivo Bio Tech, Ltd. from relocating to Malaysia.
Read more: animal testing, animal testing in asia, animal welfare, malaysia animal testing, vivo bio tech ltd.
Creative Commons - Jepoirrier
Disclaimer: The views expressed above are solely those of the author and may
not reflect those of
Care2, Inc., its employees or advertisers.
Recent Comments from Causes
Arizona leading the bigot group.
She tackled the problem using the social media the kids use ...and guess what - it worked to get attention…
More innocent people have been violented by the police than the opposite, You sure have to know what…
meet our writers
243 comments
+ add your ownThese poor innocent animals! Testing on animals has yet to be proven to be effective!
I recently learned of another act of animal abuse in Malaysia. Tears are running down my face and I’m filled with anger after watching a video on YouTube of a little dog named Sushi being abused. Many studies have proved that animal abusers are aggressive towards people as well. This man deserves to be locked away in prison before he hurts another innocent animal or person! Please take a few minutes to sign this petition urging Malaysian authorities to prosecute this evil dog torturer! Just click this link http://action.petaasiapacific.com/ea-campaign/clientcampaign.do?ea.client.id=110&ea.campaign.id=9415 and sign your name. Sushi is counting on us to help her!
We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form. ~William Ralph Inge, Outspoken Essays, 1922
It takes an ignorant person/people to think we can do what we want to whatever or whoever we want.
More humane alternatives should be considered before any live creature is ever used for testing for anything.
What a moron. Not a religious person, but if I was, I certainly wouldn't put words into the mouth of a God. Talk about idiotic, and ethically wrong. As far as I know, God/Gods created animals for companionship.
And this is meant to reflect on the bad nature of Man
It says not well-quoted "Not only does Man shear the wool and drink the milk of the sheep, he kills and eats it"
"All living things fear being beaten with clubs. All living things fear being put to death. Putting oneself in the place of the other, Let no one kill nor cause another to kill." (Buddhism - Dhammapada verse no. 129)
“The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.” -Charles Darwin
There is no fundamental difference between man and the higher animals in their mental faculties... The lower animals, like man, manifestly feel pleasure and pain, happiness, and misery.
-- Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
“Truly man is the king of beasts, for his brutality exceeds theirs. We live by the death of others: we are burial places! I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look on the murder of animals as they now look on the murder of men.” -Leonardo da Vinci
Throughout the world, beings suffer. Not only humans but plants, insects, animals, even the earth herself.
May all beings everywhere be free of suffering. May all beings be happy.
May all love and be loved. May all find the healing that they seek.
May all beings everywhere find perfect peace.
"All creatures on earth are sentient beings. "There is not an animal on earth, nor a bird that flies on its wings - but they are communities like you."The Quran, 6:38
"The Holy Prophet (S) forbade the setting up of animals to fight against each other."Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi
"The Holy Prophet (S) condemned those who pinion or restrain animals in any other way for the purpose of target shooting"."Al-Masburah and Al-Mujaththamah (Muslim)
"The Holy Prophet (S) said: 'It is a great sin for man to imprison those animals which are in his power'"
""The fruit of the trees and the seeds and of the herbs alone do I partake, and these are changed by the spirit into my flesh and blood. Of these alone and their like shall ye eat who believe in me and are my disciples; for of these, in the spirit, come life and health and healing unto man.""From The Gospel of the Holy Twelve, trans. by G.J. Ouseley
"Not by shedding innocent blood, but by living a righteous life shall ye find the peace of God .... Blessed are they who keep this law; for God is manifested in all creatures. All creatures live in God, and God is hid in them..."From The Gospel of the Holy Twelve, trans. by G.J. Ousele
"Meat cannot be obtained without injury to animals, and the slaughter of animals obstructs the way to Heaven; let him therefore shun the use of meat."The Laws of Manu V, 45 - 52 (Indian Sacred Book)
"God created monkeys and rats for experiments to benefit humans."
Not in the bible, the Koran, or the gospel have i read this, did god tell him that in a phone call?....idiot!
login to add your comment
use your care2 login
add your comment
20