Wherein I give the Trump Administration credit for doing something good....

[Ohio Guy]

This has been something animal rights activists have been calling for for years, but NIH has finally started to prioritize human-based research technologies.

I'm not an expert on what types of animal experiments are actually necessary or useful, but I do know that most of the techniques and research happens because the funding keeps coming. Most of these experiments are cruel, brutal and unnecessary, so stories like this one are a major step forward. Kudos for pushing this over the finish line.

Full disclosure moment here. I used to work for a group out of DC dedicated to ending cruel animal research. Some of the smartest doctors I know are the ones who present on human-based research technology worldwide. I'd meet regularly with doctors and researchers across the country who worked at top universities and healthcare systems who advocated for this as well. I feel confident in saying that modern technologies has evolved to a point where cruel research doesn't need to take place.

 

[mcmurtry66]

This has been something animal rights activists have been calling for for years, but NIH has finally started to prioritize human-based research technologies.

I'm not an expert on what types of animal experiments are actually necessary or useful, but I do know that most of the techniques and research happens because the funding keeps coming. Most of these experiments are cruel, brutal and unnecessary, so stories like this one are a major step forward. Kudos for pushing this over the finish line.

Full disclosure moment here. I used to work for a group out of DC dedicated to ending cruel animal research. Some of the smartest doctors I know are the ones who present on human-based research technology worldwide. I'd meet regularly with doctors and researchers across the country who worked at top universities and healthcare systems who advocated for this as well. I feel confident in saying that modern technologies has evolved to a point where cruel research doesn't need to take place.

Feel the same Ohio. I sat on a nonprofit deal years ago trying to amend legislation here for animal shit. Different subject but we were the worst state in the country for exotic animal auctions road side zoos etc. I almost got shot in one. Great big tortoise was in a cage where it couldn’t turn at all. Had about two inches to each side. Owner was there. I told him that is so cruel. That imagine if you had to live like that. And that tortoise is way brighter than you. Ex wife freaking out. Thought I was going to get shot

Went home wrote to state co humane all the agencies. Did zip

 

[Ohio Guy]

Feel the same Ohio. I sat on a nonprofit deal years ago trying to amend legislation here for animal shit. Different subject but we were the worst state in the country for exotic animal auctions road side zoos etc. I almost got shot in one. Great big tortoise was in a cage where it couldn’t turn at all. Had about two inches to each side. Owner was there. I told him that is so cruel. That imagine if you had to live like that. And that tortoise is way brighter than you. Ex wife freaking out. Thought I was going to get shot

Went home wrote to state co humane all the agencies. Did zip

Yep - it’s all under the same umbrella. So is factory farming. I’m a big believer in the idea that if we as a society could stop being cruel to animals it’d be a big contribution to being a better society.