ForeverStaloneKP t1_ivwykwb wrote on November 11, 2022 at 5:37 AM

Reply to comment by cinemachick in Experimental cancer vaccine shows promise in animal studies by BoundariesAreFun

>I hope they were given loving care after the study was over,

They train and hire animal husbandry technicians to care for the animals daily before and during the studies, but post-study the animals are typically euthanized to prevent suffering. These people work hard and they have a tough job looking after animals they know won't be here soon, and of course people tend to blame/attack them for being involved in animal testing as they are low hanging fruit, an easy target on the front line, despite them working hard to ensure the animals are well cared for.

[deleted] t1_ivx7oa3 wrote on November 11, 2022 at 7:30 AM

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CultCrossPollination t1_ivxdtkf wrote on November 11, 2022 at 8:58 AM

Human interaction causes stress to (non-pet) laboratory mice. Handling should be as fast as possible and as limited as possible, and cages should be enriched as much as possible. Source: I work with mice in tumor immunology. Rats, however, can really be very difficult to work with though. Because they clearly have a much higher social awareness and are much more intelligent then mice. You can kill a mouse next to his buddy, and he couldn't care less. You kill a rat across the room to a random rat, the guy/gall starts screaming the ears of your head. Source: I don't (want to) work with rats.

Stummi t1_ivxhimh wrote on November 11, 2022 at 9:54 AM

IMHO the really hypocritic part about this is that the suffering of animals for Scientific progress is a tiny fraction compared to those that suffer for Meat and Dairy production, and one could argue that the first brings humanity forward why the second doesn't. I say that as a non-vegetarian btw, but IMHO if you enjoy meat (as I do) you don't have much ground to be against animal testing