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Letter: On studying first aid behaviour in mice (1)

Published 2 April 2025

From Ingrid Newkirk, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, US

Researchers rendered mice unconscious – not benign – and then presented them to other mice who tried to resuscitate them. Such “research” won’t benefit anyone, let alone save anyone’s life, yet the mice were significantly disturbed. It adds only to the knowledge that despite “discovering” time and again that mice and other species have feelings, researchers ignore the evidence and carry on using them as if they did not (1 March, p 11).

Issue no. 3537 published 5 April 2025

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