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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

There's a vague sense that perhaps he cares about the dogs or thinks that what he does to them might present an ethical dilemma, but the overwhelming feeling is that it's all worth it. Engber writes of experimenting on cats and on the "furtive language" vivisectionists use to decrease the emotional impact of what they do.