Well said.

Mind you, I like cats but I'm not a nutter about them but I wasn't too happy
reading about the way they actually destroy them. A hypobaric chamber sounds
an evil way to die. Essentially, they suck out all of the oxygen and the
poor sods suffocate. Not a nice way to go. Bit of the website below...

THE ETHICS OF USING CATS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE DISSECTIONS
   The question of the ethics of using cats for medical science dissection
and learning can and should be raised.  The ethical argument against the use
of cats would be stronger if cats were bred specifically to be killed for
dissection.  However, the cats we use are the product of uncontrolled
reproduction of pets.  The surplus wind up at the animal shelter.  At the
animal shelter, the majority of cats are "euthenized" in a hypobaric
chamber.  In this chamber, the air is pumped out until the animal first
passes out, and eventually dies of oxygen starvation.  In the great majority
of cases, the carcasses are then either cremated or buried.  It is clear
that using these animals which have already been euthenized yields at least
one positive outcome of their sad deaths, one of advancing the teaching of
medical science.  Until the pet population explosion is under control and
there is no surplus of euthenized cats, it would seem that a constructive
use of a social tragedy is to be encouraged.

The Grim Reaper

    Well, it's obvious that 'someone' made a poor attempt at
trolling.  But since you made the comment about the animals being
put to good use...

    Years ago in my youth, I worked for a vet.  They'd put
down animals and the ASPCA would show up once a week and collect
the carcasses.  We'd just put them in plastic garbage bags, tie
them shut and put them outside the backdoor.

    On day I became curious and asked what the ASPCA did with
carcasses.  Well, they sold them to the knackers.  Yes, that's right,
we're talking *soap* and other fine products.

    I've often thought that the soap manufacturers should have
given their products better names, just to 'honor' the ingredients.
Instead of Ivory, Fluffy.  Instead of Zest, Fido.  You get the idea.

    I know that the ASPCA probably claims that they cremate
the carcasses, but I'll bet they still sell them to the knackers
when they can.  Think about that the next time you climg into the
shower.

Bobbi

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Roberta Hatch                        '65 Panhead
Dykes on Bikes, San Francisco, CA            (This space for rent)

And human beings are also infinitely more valuable than dolphins and
whales, but you'd never know it watching all those women out there on
whale-watching excursions goo-gooing and ga-gaing over them. Women,
BTW, as a statistical matter, who have had a few abortions amongst
them. Can you imagine 120,000 dead whales washing up on the shores of
our coastline every month? Well, that's the number of babies tossed
into dumpsters every month in this country.

Yeppers, save the whales!

Hm. Depends on the feline. I would venture to say that any one of my
resident cats is infinitely more valuable than the average urban camper,
member of al-Quaeda, Michael Jackson, or John Kerry.

ODP