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Canadian Council Says Mouse Pain Study Was Ethical

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I understand that, per the researcher's words, you have to create pain to study pain, but was this study really necessary? The research in question took place over many years and involved inducing various degrees of pain in mice using methods such as dipping their tails in hot water or injecting them with mustard oil or vinegar. "No

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From the Mailbag

Animal Ethics

It was the first lecture series of its kind in german speaking world organized by the members of the Interdisziplinäre Arbeitsgemeinschaft Tierethik (literally “Interdisciplinary Study Group on Animal Ethics”) – an initiative of students. The results of the lectures are written down in this book. We really appreciate it! Thanks a lot!

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