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Lab animals
Today, we got to see round the experimental animals facility (which I can't tell you the location of, for obvious reasons). They keep mostly rats, cats, dogs, and marmosets (the latter for study of neurodegenerative conditions), in really good housing. I mean, a lot better conditions than I've sween quite a few supposedly well-loved pets kept in, and they get expert care too.
We got to practice handling techniques on some of them too, which was good practice. A useful morning, generally.
I'm annoyed to hear that a new animal-lab was turned down by the council, apparantly on the bsis of the police saying that it might be a risk to public safety . FFS! are terrorists meant to get their way in this country? Just because a bunch of ill-educated ignorant nutcases decide to protest about HLS, should research into sigficnt neurological diseases in people be held back? Fuckwits the lot of them.
Hrm. rant over.
We got to practice handling techniques on some of them too, which was good practice. A useful morning, generally.
I'm annoyed to hear that a new animal-lab was turned down by the council, apparantly on the bsis of the police saying that it might be a risk to public safety . FFS! are terrorists meant to get their way in this country? Just because a bunch of ill-educated ignorant nutcases decide to protest about HLS, should research into sigficnt neurological diseases in people be held back? Fuckwits the lot of them.
Hrm. rant over.