Reply #24: They were ignorant [View All]

[Zodiak]

They had no idea what they were releasing. The rats were geneticcally inbred to be immunocompromised. They would die of the first pathogen with which they come into contact.

Those inbred strains would not exist except for experimentation. So in that way, yeah, they are "meant" for research and dependent on humans to provide the only environment in which they can live...a sterile one. They were not captured from the wild.

The PETA people also spray-painted the walls and destroyed thousands of dollars of equipment. I do not think my criticism rises to that level of disrespect for another's work or property. For that reason, I reject your analogy.