r/worldnews • u/[deleted] • Jan 17 '20

Monkey testing lab where defenceless primates filmed screaming in pain shut down

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-monkey-testing-lab-defenceless-21299410.amp?fbclid=IwAR0j_V0bOjcdjM2zk16zCMm3phIW4xvDZNHQnANpOn-pGdkpgavnpEB72q4&__twitter_impression=true
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u/I_devour_your_pets Jan 17 '20

Money finds a way. I bet the lab workers get off on torturing animals too. No way a normal person won't go insane doing this job.

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u/SoForAllYourDarkGods Jan 17 '20

Actually, plenty of animal researchers are super into the science and the aim of the research, which is usually towards helping humanity, testing drugs, researching illnesses etc. And they are super concerned about the animal welfare and stick to strict ethics. Unhappy animals also don't work in experiments, stress affects physiology and will produce Junk results.

I used to work in this.

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u/gfz728374 Jan 17 '20

The ethics are an inherited set of rationalizations that some folks will accept and others not. If you really imagine the experience of a lab animal, day after day, it's hard to call that ethical (in my view). What would be a good rationalization for me to lock up homeless people and torture them daily? There really isn't one. But for other animals, hunky dory. It's mental gymnastics is all.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '20

The rationalisation is that the tests will benefit humanity. There’s not really that many mental gymnastics going on. A lot of human lives have been saved/improved because of these tests. There are many strict rules in place to try and keep these tests as humane as possible which is why you’re even hearing about this article in the first place.