Linnear
You are so funny you make me laugh a lot. My sisters favourite saying is "tree hugger".
I saw the programme about the guinea pig farm, and how they dug up the grandmother - weird or what! The guinea pigs will still be supplied from somewhere, so them getting the place shut down wouldn't really be a victory for them.
Did a woman from the group really get breast cancer - you're not thinking of Linda McCartney are you!
Personally I don't like the whole animal thing, but accept it has to happen. I have helped in some experiments using hairless mice (I can explain more if you'd like me to) when I was a technician in industry, but I couldn't work in a pharmacology lab myself.
I think the way forward is to work on things like computer modelling etc as alternatives to using animals. I know I could never get any of my rabbit illium etc to work in those organ baths at Uni, but my frog thing worked ok on the computer!
I admit I don't like the whole premarin thing, and think it's manufacture is unnecessary. I don't refuse to supply it though.
I think you have to have balance in these things. I basically don't like unnecessary cruelty, to animals or to people. Well ok, some people.....
