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Is it right for scientists to use animals to help them gain an understanding of whatever it might be that they are studying?

If you think it is not right, what are the alternatives?
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kerstin gordon
8/10/2010 02:08:19 am

I think it is not fair for people to use animals just because they cannot bother to take the time to use shipas and people...or even maeke a robot. Other alternitivves are robts,people,ships and other things. But they shhould not keep it on the animal for forever only for the time they use to find it out then when they fund it out their done!

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Jojo
8/10/2010 02:09:08 am

I approve of the reason the scientist put the device on the head. However, i don't approve of how long they leave the device on. I think this because it is a good way to find out more about the ocean and the life living inside of it. But, i don't like how they would leave the device on for years at a time!!!!!!!! That is what i think!

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jude kinkead
8/10/2010 02:09:34 am

i think it is not fair on the animals but if it was vital information that we need to know. it is not fair on how long they keep the tracking devices on them. so i half agree with it and i half don't think it isn't fair on the animals to take advantage of the seals ability.

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Emily Abrehart
8/10/2010 02:09:53 am

I think that its terrible because it would probably hurt the animals getting this device put onto them!:(
Also that the fisherman can track down where they are feeding and go and catch all they're food so then they will die. :'(

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sam morrell
8/10/2010 02:10:02 am

I think that its ok its just how long they do it for to chart the seas its fine but to leave it on the animal for the rest of its life its just cruel and u should never
ever do it to any animals.

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Alex Dabbs
8/10/2010 02:10:20 am

well it is mean but it for for science and it is far for humans but the animal should get a reward for its work and to help us understand the animals.

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delauni
8/10/2010 02:11:40 am

i think that the seals is sad in how they put a device on the seals head. so they should leave the seals alone.

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Zanti Dick-Read
8/10/2010 02:13:11 am

I think that it is unfair that 57 seals have things on their heads! Poor seals they could use something like a robot to go down to the ocean floor without hurting the seals! Also the seals have to suffer the pain of having this object stuck to their head! It is not fair that once they have collected all the data they need the seals have the devices still stuck on their head!!

POOR SEALS

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julia P
8/10/2010 02:13:40 am

i think it is soooo mean to the animals!! the should not do that to the poor things they tortured enough...i think so any way. Even though they just glue it the camera on the little stick thing could get stuck on something and hurt the animal even MORE!!!!!! :(

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Samuel Riegels
8/10/2010 02:14:16 am

I think it is right because they can lean more about the ocean and discover new animals and the people that tagged the seal and learn how the seals how they feed and what they feed on.

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Hugo Smith
8/10/2010 02:16:28 am

I think that it is really cruel to attach machines to heads. Also, I'd like to point out that day after day, animals are forced to drink washing up liquid and sniff glue so scientists can watch. And then they throw the animals aside when they're finished. Also, attaching machines to animals is cruel, painful, and also fishing companies can come and just take all their food.
I'm with Zebra 84(the first animal rights movement).

There are three alternatives. One, take a human being and make him drink paint and sniff glue, two, just NOT DO IT, and three, just use robots and anatomical recreations of the animals for experiments.

STOP ANIMAL CRUELTY!

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Anya Rhoden
8/10/2010 02:17:45 am

I think it is ok to do the tagging but I think it is not ok for people to leave it on for so long. I agree with the alternatives that Kerstin said (snaps). You would not do this to humans so why do it to animals?

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Jaden chalwell
8/10/2010 02:18:00 am

I think its unfair that the seals have to put this devices on there head.I think they shuold make a robot that can have a camera on there heads poor seals i ageery alex!

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Ryan Wooldridge & Mikey O'connel
8/10/2010 02:18:31 am

We think that it's fine for scientist to use animals to learn about the ocean and other purposes. It's not so bad for the animals because it's only glue and as soon as we develop a better knowledge we will move on and stop gluing the devices. Also by then we probably would have invented a more advances censer that will be like a plankton that will just float with the tides and most likely find something new that the animals didn't usually go too. We do have sympathy for the animals but we think that this is a great idea.

=D Thank you for reading.!.!.!

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8/10/2010 02:21:20 am

I don't think its OK that they are doing this to the seals. But if they are doing this to the seals to give them a better life or stop global warming that's different. I agree with Kerstin sending down a water proof robot to follow the seals around or have a camera to spy. It would have less effect on the seal wouldn't have those huge boxes on there heads. I think its cruel to do things like that they should think how they would feel to have them on there heads. Also if they want to have the research done then they should do it a way that's harmless not attaching boxes to Seals!!!!! :(

That's what i think :)

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Jewel Hector
8/10/2010 02:26:07 am

I think that this method of research is wrong and cruel and wrong to those animals. There are so many alternatives that they could use such as, creating a thermometer at the ocean floor to test temperatures, and so many others. This is probably the biggest form of animal cruelty ever invented. I mean this is wrong because its bad enough that they have it on the animals and what makes tat worse is the amount of time they keep it on the animals. If you wouldn't do it to humans why do it to these poor animals. I completely agree with Anya (snaps), and Kerstin's alternatives.

STOP THE CRUELTY TO THE POOR ANIMALS!!!!!

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kai chalwell cool
9/10/2010 12:12:10 am

I think they shouldn't be using animals for science testing, because they need to be animals, not science experments. Would you like it if u had something on your head while your trying to get food? It would be anoying wouldn't it?

Whoever said that they should use humans to go down and test, humans could never dive that deep because of the pressure!!!!! They should submarines with robots controlling them.. :-)

ANIMALS SHALL LIVE THEIR LIVES FREELY!

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Rikkoi Brathwaite
9/10/2010 12:45:43 pm

I think that its ok because scientists can see what seals eat how the eat from the ocean floor. If they keep putting the cameras on the seals' head, they might just discover the channel or they might find something even bigger. Probably even an enormous underwater cave that might be were the seals feed or where most of the fishes are. However, the cameras probably give off radiation that can kill the poor little seals so its a bad thing and a good thing happening all at the same time as it can help us get one step further in science but can still be animal cruelty. Any way STOP ANIMAL CRUELTY!!!

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Gaby Gordon-Fox
12/10/2010 08:49:00 am

my comment got deleted so i could not do it should i write another one?

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