Lab animals given new homes

[Catherine]

I think it is another sign that we are moving away from using lab animals. There is already a shift in thinking. Different groups are looking for alternatives to animal testing.
The next step is to provide for the lab animals we are already using. We already provide for the primates that we use. They are too closely related to humans for us to feel comfortable with euthanizing them.

Now we are recognizing the lives of the smaller lab animals. In some ways this is a leap of understanding. Many people can look at a chimp and see the need to respect its life. Some can respect the lives of dogs and cats. This respect would include rabbits, rats guinea pigs and hopefully mice. I would take a lab guinea pig and give it a home any day. Every animal deserves some love and care in its life.