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I believe in animal research. But it’s time to draw a line

If we want to defend genuinely groundbreaking and beneficial work, we need to think more seriously about how animals are used in education

16 August 2014

9:00 AM

16 August 2014

9:00 AM

Imagine, for a minute, that you’re a frog — a pro-science frog. You’re so pro-science that you’ve decided to donate yourself to it. You sign the consent forms, climb into the barrel and await your fate.

It’s all quite exciting, you think, as you travel the bumpy road to the lab.

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