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> I'd find it hard to believe a government run, non-profit center which are experts in primate research (and operating within a public university) aren't follow
by Capricorn2481 3y ago
> I'd find it hard to believe a government run, non-profit center which are experts in primate research (and operating within a public university) aren't follow laws around animal testing and appropriate care and effort to prevent suffering.
There are barely any laws around this for animals
- refurb 3y agoThis is why I love coming to HN. I get to read comments like this - definitive statements that are 100% false. There are a ton of laws around animal testing. If you want to run an experiment like this you need to go through hundreds of pages of regulations to make sure you follow all of them. Then you need to go in front of a board who will make you justify the work (only allowed if there is no alternative), and discuss at length exactly what you will do to the animals, what you will do if things go wrong, how you will monitor their health, what you will do with the animal once the experiment is done. All the while you need to show you are doing you best to alleviate any suffering, including administration of anesthetics and pain killers.
- Capricorn2481 3y agoLet me rephrase this since you're ignoring the context of this conversation. Relative to human testing, there are not a lot of laws around animal testing, which a lot of people find abhorrent.
- refurb 3y agoRelative to human testing, there are not a lot of laws around animal testing This is also false. There is a very comprehensive law outlining the laws around animal testing along with hundreds of pages of regulations that go into exquisite detail on what animal testing is allowed and what efforts have to be put forth to minimize pain and suffering.