It's just everywhere!

[tbluverjumper]

So i've come to the conclussion that no matter where I go..now that i'm so aware of animal cruelty..I see it WAY more. I was going through this stack of magazines my dad has (hes a biochemist so imagine that odd selection) and I come across "Psychology Today" and i'm browsing through and come across this article called "The oreo factor: How to tame your appetite" and im thinking..that's kind of odd to be in a psych. mag but ok lets see what they say. They start off by talking about the different effects your brain has on eating to much vs. your body..blah blah blah! THEN! They get into this..and this is quoting the magazine:

"The rats in Bart Hoebel's laboratory in Princeton University are sugar junkies. They binge on sugar syrup every day, pressing a feeding bar frantically for hours at a time. Deprived of sugar for just 24 hrs, they start showing signs of withdrawl any human addict would recognize: chattering teeth, trembling paws, wobbly heads. Hoebel's sugar addits aren't the only rodents jonesing for junk food. Rats at Pennsylvania State Un. are fat fiends; they gorge themselves on Crisco. At the national center for scientific research in Bordeaux, France, rats overindulge in a cocoa-flavored breakfast cereal called Choc and crisp. At the university of Alabama at Birmingham, the rat junkies binge on Double Stuft Oreo's, consuming twise as many calories per day as normal rats when they're stressed out, a mood state induced by mild electrical shocks delivered through the metal floor grid. The article goes on to say "All the animals are unwilling recruits in the scientific quest to understand appetite.

I know these things go on but to put it so blatantly and non-chalantly in a magazine I was just like WOW HI SLAP ME IN THE FACE!
UGH!

[RealPitBull]

I actually have that issue although I haven't read that particular article, yet. Yes, worthless, pointless experiments go on every day for no real reason - other than money.

I don't need animals tortured to tell me that eating Crisco and refined sugars in large amounts isn't good for me. What I have a hard time understanding is the scientists who perform these sorts of experiments (and the one described above sounds like nothing compared to some of the other things that go on) can move through their days avoiding the facing of the fact that they are making a living out of experimenting on LIVING, SENTIENT BEINGS.

This is a really hot, heated topic with lots of views, but to get to the meat of the matter, for me personally: I do NOT believe the ends justify the means. I think the end will always be tainted if you arrived at it through unethical, immoral means.

[tbluverjumper]

Oh I know, there are much worse things that go on..I was just more surprised how nonchalant they were about just putting it out there. Other than that...AMEN SISTER!

[valliesong]

I believe animal experimentation may be necessary in certain cases to save lives, but only if there is no other alternative. Using animal research to show things we already know or to test cosmetics or household products is just plain WRONG.