World Day for Laboratory Animals 2021
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Scientists it seems have no qualms at sacrificing a lab rat at the drop of a hat.
Though the defense of laboratory animals in science is far reaching and said to be utterly essential to progress and discovery those final death throes of the research subject du jour remains; bouncing around in my thoughts.
I've often pondered what the little critter thinks just before it's delivered to God at the hands of someone bent on discovery.
I've also wondered if scientific testing using reagents and modalities like chromatography or computed tomography or even magnetic resonance imaging — something non lethal to the test subject might be equally effective in the pursuit of science.
Today we have another World Day For Animals In Laboratories aka World Lab Animal Day.
It comes down each April 24th with that week also being called "World Week for Animals In Laboratories".
It is described as an "international day of commemoration" by the National Anti-Vivisection Society.
While I personally find the entire notion of vivisection is abhorrent ... it's use on everything we want to "study" is pretty much a given.
I recall the scene from the John Carpenter's 1984 film Starman the Jeff Bridges ETE character is supposed to be brought to an examination room with leather straps designed to hold him down while he is dissected.
It makes me wonder just how advanced a science we are and if that monster called the government might like to strap selected individuals down and cut them up while still alive just to stay in practice.
So think about the plight of that poor lab rat and the ultimate destination so many of them see at the end of their experimental projects conducted by the advanced scientific humans holding them hostage.
While I am all for biomedical research I simply feel that the methods should evolve over time with the discoveries.