INOCULATION OF ANTALS

Evening Star, Issue 19613, 20 July 1927, Page 11

INOCULATION OF ANTALS

QUESTION OF CRUELTY The question of the pain caused to animals by their inoculation with painful diseases for purposes of research was referred to at yesterday’s meeting of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The Rov. W. Saunders said that so far as the vivisection of animals was concerned an anesthetic was given, but when animals were inoculated with painful diseases was it possible to adopt some similar procedure? The chairman (Sir George Fenwick) said that if the treatment was for the purpose of ameliorating human suffering he thought it was justified. The Rev. Saunders said that as the pain in vivisection was stopped by au ancosthetic, would it not be possible by some means to stop the pain that resulted from inoculation? Mr W. 1). Snowball said that it was not admitted that there was any suffering involved by animals in regard to inoculation. Mr W. F. Sligo said that he agreed with the chairman that the inoculation of animals was justified if it would ameliorate human suffering. Miss Porteous: But what about tiie cruelty to the animals? The Chairman: We haven’t quite descended to the level of brutes yet. It is in the interests of the human race that such treatment should be allowed. The discussion lapsed after a motion had been carried that the committee was in accord with the chairman’s remarks.