Medical experiments on research dogs could be phased out soon–a change that’s based as much on science as ethics. Pressure is coming from within the scientific community as well as from activists, following a string of scandals involving inhumane living conditions. It follows a similar phase-out in the last decade of the use of captive chimpanzees, which was driven by growing recognition of chimpanzee intelligence and the close evolutionary kinship between our species and theirs.
Medical experiments on research dogs could be phased out soon–a change that’s based as much on science as ethics. Pressure is coming from within the scientific community as well as from activists, following a string of scandals involving inhumane li… [3541 chars]
Source: Arkansas Online | Published: 2025-12-30T09:25:00Z
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