we occupy the same spot on the food chain, but they can't wield scalpels or hypodermic needles

[rootofnewt]

local group seeks to end UVA med school dog lab

there are other options. i think that the students advocating for the class sound horrifically uncompassionate, but i realize i am highly biased toward dogs.

even though it's not in the online article, the front page of today's newspaper has a picture of a UVA med student with "Clyde, a dog lab survivor. I think the dog might be his pet, but I could be wrong. Cylde appears to be a beagle. he doesn't look as happy as most beagles do. i wonder how confused he is. :( I hope he *is* now a beloved pet. The student in the picture is the med student and co-founder of Citizens for Human Medicine quoted near the beginning of the article.

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[queensheba.livejournal.com]

I understand that it can be necessary to use animals in research, but I'm not convinced it's necessary in this case. They're saying it's important to use living creatures to demonstrate, but if it was so essential, why don't they *require* students to attend it? It can't be that essential if it's optional, you know? I'm sure they made it optional to appease people who were upset, but...it's either vital or it's not.