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> By 2015, as the Ebola virus ravaged the country, the New York Blood Center notified the Liberian government that it could "no longer divert funds from its imp
by EdwardDiego 7y ago
> By 2015, as the Ebola virus ravaged the country, the New York Blood Center notified the Liberian government that it could "no longer divert funds from its important lifesaving mission here at home," a spokeswoman said in a recent statement.
Imagine being that spokeswoman, speaking such monstrous words.
- harimau777 7y agoIn what sense do you mean? It seems reasonable that the money might be better used saving people than feeding monkeys.
- Ididntdothis 7y agoFirst of all the cost is probably pretty low and second you have a responsibility to care for an animal once you take it on. You can’t just throw them away once you are done using them. I think this is extremely callous behavior.
- ars 7y agoAccording to article it costs half a million annually. That doesn't seem low cost to me.
- EdwardDiego 7y agoThere's an implicit moral obligation, surely.
- Ididntdothis 7y agoI agree. Animals are not just disposable tools.
- EdwardDiego 7y agoIt's certainly effective, but "hey, so, we're going to let a lot of chimpanzees we made dependent on us starve, so we can save human lives" certainly isn't moral. At the very least pay for them to be euthanized.
- EpicEng 7y agoWhich outweighs helping humans with that same money?