Ontario to ban research testing on dogs and cats, premier says
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Pretty standard practice for animal research. Mainly mice and rats, but some types of research are better modeled by different animals.
like the discovery of insulin.
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What makes dogs and cats special?
People only get outraged at cute animals.
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In regard to some avenues of research that’s too bad. Cats are a point of study for weight gain and loss since they appear to have issues similar to us. Some cats gain and hold weight faster than their mates with similar amounts of food. Some cats compulsively overeat while their mates do not. And so on.
many human and dog genes are syntenic, they are very similar, on the same chromosomes.
Without dogs, Banting and Best would not have discovered insulin. That’s why the historic pictures always have Marjorie, she was not a pet.
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as he called the practice “cruel.”
Cool. Then we can agree that fishing, animal-based agriculture, hunting, fur farms, and puppy mills should be banned, too? Right, Doug?
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Ontario has both a spring and fall bear hunt.
Black bear | Ontario Hunting Regulations Summary
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Now do rabbits, mice, bats, primates and everything with a brain actually.
This comment has a conflict of interest.
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Most people only view cats and dogs of having any value worth protecting, which is terrible.
Oh, by the way, Doug’s government also wants to make it illegal for people to know about the cruelty on factory farms.
Doug brought back the blood sport of penned hunting in 2024.
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Willing human beings are a better choice than unwilling animals. It’s not just speciesism since I don’t think speciesism is “bad” in the sense that it is inevitable, but rather that it is questionable how much results replicate across species.
it is questionable how much results replicate across species.
No, it is not. WTF…you think we should be inducing heart attacks in people and harvesting their organs?
Other people, of course.
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It’s because Ontario has among the poorest involvement in biomedical research in Canada despite having 10 universities.
That’s frankly embarrassing for the most populated province, and is also a huge spotlight on the ‘leadership’ refusing to invest in the growth of the industry. I hope we make it past businessmen politicians and make it to science-based leaders.
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Ugh.
I have zero problem with hunting for food but this is far beyond that.