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RE: The need for using animals as experimental subjects, and why releasing them into the wild is a terrible idea!
Another great post @irime. I definitely have a lot of sympathy for researchers who work with animals. They definitely don't want to be responsible for killing or injuring them, but it can happen in the course of research and its not easy to take. Regardless, animal research has made some essential discoveries and the benefits often outweigh the ethical dilemmas experimenting with them pose.
The benefit outweighs the cost, definitely. However I can tell you firsthand that you are right in your perception that having to work with animals is a bitter thing to deal with and personally is something I discovered I am not cut out for. Nobody likes to do it, but as far as it can be foreseen there are no alternatives. Thanks for commenting!