Did you know that Australia is the 4th highest user of animals in research in the world? (1)
Neither did I, until I found myself watching a movie called Maximum tolerated dose at the Astor last night.
It brought back memories of my year 12 rat dissection class, when I was the only student who was unable to slice into the unfortunate animal who had been sacrificed for our high school education.
Now I realise that I’m not the only person who doesn’t approve of making animals suffer so that we can educate or fascinate or research. Continue reading