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The article seems overly political in trying to refute the claim that laboratory animals run on wheels because they are driven insane by their environment. Howe
by smackay 12y ago
The article seems overly political in trying to refute the claim that laboratory animals run on wheels because they are driven insane by their environment. However ultimately they are undermining their position because it begs the question, "If animals like to have fun, should we really be doing experiments on them?". This is probably a lot easier to grasp by the general public than the more nebulous concept of whether animals experience emotions.
- DougBTX 12y ago> the more nebulous concept of whether animals experience emotions Is there debate about that? I suppose I took it as a given, hence all the efforts people go through to treat lab animals humanely.
- smackay 12y agoI agree this debate is already over. However I think this simplifies the issue enormously and makes it a lot more likely that general public opinion can be mustered against animal testing. If you tell the tell the future adults of this world that animals like to play and have fun then ask them whether it is right that animals are experimented on then the answer, for good or for ill, is going to be a resounding no.