A friend of mine is a reporter for a major daily. From time to time he’s forced to write a feel good story about something really boring. Read one of these stories and his contempt for his subject shines through.
Here’s an article on animal testing by National Post writer Max Harrold. You can judge his feelings on the subject. Here’s how his article begins:
A squeak, a tail flick, quicker breaths: these are the signs Jim Pfaus looks for in his lab rats to see if he’s hurting them too much.
“There are signs of pain,” said Mr. Pfaus, a professor of neuroscience at Concordia University’s department of psychology who studies rats’ sexual behaviour.
“If they struggle, or vocalize, I know they’re feeling it too much.”
Eww. The article is not available on-line, but it’s titled: “Rats Enrich Scientific Progress: Professor”. It can be found on page A6 of the June 18th National Post.
Related: Animal testing important.
