• BreadOven@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    Pretty standard practice for animal research. Mainly mice and rats, but some types of research are better modeled by different animals.

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        23 hours ago

        There are national regulations covering animal research under the legislating body, the CCAC.

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          17 hours ago

          This. (For people who aren’t familiar with them) Regulations are also very strict to ensure the animals are cared for very well and not in pain, etc.

          I’m not all for animal testing, but for some things it’s still necessary, sadly.

          People are researching many alternatives to reduce animal experimentation as much as possible.