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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

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Medical schools, in particular, made ample use of them for education and research in surgery and cardiology." Engber mentions that in 1972, the USDA put into place "a special exemption for rats, mice, and birds, allowing scientists to treat them however they saw fit—in cages of any size, in experiments with any degree of pain and suffering.