I am so absolutely sick of this. I don’t even know where to begin but to say that it is not the right of any being to decide the fate of another. And the idea that the word humane is derived from and defined by us being ‘human beings’ becomes more and more ludicrous every day. I’m not going to go into statistics and quote fancy medical articles to prove my point, and frankly I don’t feel I should have to. All you need to know is there in front of you and those who choose to ignore the present can do so on their own time. I have heard the argument repeatedly that these cats and dogs researchers get their hands on come from shelters that would have been euthanizing them anyways. These people have decided for whatever reason that because something living is going to ‘die anyways’ that the life is disposable and therefore they can do with it what they want; I beg to differ. If you had an infant who was diagnosed with an incurable disease and were told it only had so long to live and then asked would you like to donate them to science to be tested on and prodded at for the rest of their short lives, would you do it? I’m going to go with a 100% capital N O on that one- just a gut feeling, you know? As I said before, I’m not going to crack open the books on this one and spit out facts until my face turns blue but this really just upsets me. Others may not see it how I do and think that it is preposterous that I compare a kitten or puppy to a top-of-the-food-chain-better-than-anything-else-supreme-being-human baby but I did. These creatures give birth and tend to their young just as we do. They feel pain and sadness and loss. They nurture their children, and love and play. I think it’s time that we stop focusing on being the biggest and baddest species and start thinking about how we can not be the most ignorant.