For those who don’t know, this is how some labs use rats and mice when the are uncooperative. I don’t think the intent is to hurt the mouse, just to contain it briefly.
Not saying it’s okay or not okay. Just saying why it’s like this.
HELP HIM.
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W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
I’ve seen a vet do this to a rat at the vet who was very much only interested in climbing
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 9 hours ago
it definitely doesn’t hurt the mouse, maybe they’re a bit uncomfortable but it’s just all-round the best solution for everyone involved
MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
Best solution would be to not use antiquated systems for testing for human consumption, a method that isn’t even that indicative of how it would react to a human anyway.
JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz 9 hours ago
And they probably grab the rat by the taip and beat the shit out of it.
Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 hours ago
Shame whoever took this
OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 10 hours ago
This is how we treat rats in the lab. Sorry if you buy any products tested on animals.
Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 hours ago
Fuck animal testing
I hardly believe there aren’t other ways to manage animal research
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Worst icing ever
cybervseas@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This isn’t baking class 🥺
FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It can be, you just need to squeeze harder.
stray@pawb.social 15 hours ago
Can images of animal abuse please be labeled as such and get a NSFW blur please?
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 1 hour ago
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 14 hours ago
Isn’t this standard practice ?
apotheotic@beehaw.org 12 hours ago
Slaughtering animals is standard practice in the meat industry, what’s standard practice gotta do with anything?
OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 10 hours ago
Out of sight, out of mind
apotheotic@beehaw.org 9 hours ago
That’s how the meat industry thrives, for sure. However you can protest against things and also not want to see them uncensored on your feed
lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 13 hours ago
What part of them is unsafe for work?
angrystego@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
They didn’t say it’s NSFW, just that they’d appreciate the blur. Not everyone wants to look at such things randomly.
devilish666@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Ahh that’s why my cake icing taste like Black Death
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.cafe 1 day ago
Noooooo. Poor rattie :(
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 1 day ago
They generally don’t mind this
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 day ago
I’d like to see their survey results
HexadecimalSky@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This pic looks like the same from a post people talked about how this is used to transport lab rats around a lab, that it cam be comforting to them, comfy confinment or something. tldr the rat is safe (for a likely lab rat) and this is humane treatment.
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.cafe 1 day ago
Not really. It causes them stress. “Safe” and “Humane” are variable. But it definitely isn’t the “best” restraint method.
As for example explored by this paper: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10844733/
stray@pawb.social 15 hours ago
The rat is safe in that it can’t hurt itself or others, but they feel the same about this kind of confinement as humans do. I guess whether that counts as humane is a matter of opinion.
Psythik@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Unfortunately this is rather tame compared to the fucked up shit we put ratties through in the name of science.
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.cafe 17 hours ago
I know… :(.
I’m sure some of it is worthwhile. But knowing a couple applied researchers who work in animal labs, according to them a large amount of what is done is absolutely useless and only serves to get out a new useless product TM or publish a paper that looks good.
WalnutLum@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
socsa@piefed.social 1 day ago
Ow lawd, he pipin
enbiousenvy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 hours ago
pocong rat
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Despite all my rage
apotheotic@beehaw.org 12 hours ago
Despite all my nag*
Toes@ani.social 1 day ago
This image fills my heart with dread :[
This reminds me of when a lab technician explained to me what happens to all the mice at the end of the experiment. 😭
Rachelhazideas@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The fucked up part are the experiments, not the euthanasia.
Rats have to be killed because we don’t know if they will continue to suffer after the painful experiments done on them. They can’t be let out either because it can harm the general rat population. Companies don’t give enough of a shit about keeping rats alive in rat retirement homes either.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 9 hours ago
but also like, it’s kinda nice to not do cancer research on humans, for all that animal testing sucks human testing is almost universally viewed as 1000x worse and doing no testing at all is also unacceptable because that means we don’t decrease the amount of humans who suffer terrible diseases and deaths (which for reference can be you or people you love).
shneancy@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
which is doubly so sad because rats don’t even live that long :( if an experiment lasts 1,5 years an average rat will only live for 6 more months. a rat retirement home wouldn’t even be a big commitment
Nikls94@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
In my country, for a vet to pass classes, they need to put a rat in anesthesia. Those rats are all the same weight and age. I’ve adopted 3 once. They’re amazing pets but only live for up to 3 years
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
It ain’t easy being tapered.
Kuori@hexbear.net 1 day ago
kinda wish this came with a cw for animal abuse
Fedizen@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Its probably not a good way to transport them because that looks very stressful but it probably keeps them warm so it might be better than a metal cage.
Slowy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s a decapi-cone… for euthanasia (sorry)
Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 day ago
Piping hot rat.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Apply directly to the cake
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’m not going to yuck Remmy’s yum.
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Does anyone remember bonsai-kitty?
funkajunk@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Does this hurt the rat?
sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
The action of putting them in the tube doesn’t, some of them actually quite like it. However, this is a rat used for testing of some kind so it will be hurt at some point
humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Maybe it’s in the control group
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
I am going to hypothesize here: depends on how long rat’s in the tube.
I’m imagining a scenario where a vet has to X-ray a pet rat. Rat goes in the tube for 5 minutes while images are taken and then Rat can come back out of the tube. Rat’s probably going to be okay. A treat may be in order.
If he had to stay in there for a month, I don’t think he’ll ever be a normal rat again.
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Eventually yes
SeaDawg@lemmy.world 1 day ago
No. Image
swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
IS IT WORTH IT
Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
Cellular peptide cake is the best