Yes as long as it is humane and within acceptable limits according to animal abuse laws

But it never is... That's the problem. I would encourage you to read animal liberation by peter singer. He gives very objective, logical reasoning as to why animal testing should not be utilized. One statement that impacted me a great deal from the book was that there are only two options: either animals are biologically similar enough to humans that using them for research would be beneficial to humanity- in which case they are similar enough to humans that it is just as unethical to perform research on them. Or, they are not like us enough for it to be unethical, in which case researching on them wouldn't be scientifically useful to us. The fact is that an overwhelming amount of animal research never leads to any successful human treatment. Read moreIf using the logic of it benefiting humanity, then the most logical option is to perform research on humans, not animals, as that would guarantee transferable results.