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Re:The emotional toll of caring for research animals by gowld on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @05:41PM (#35159249)
You were vague, so readers used the most probable parse: that the dogs were used for human-medical research.

Anyway, pet owners aren't lining up to volunteer their pets for experimental treatments, so researching dog cancer on random sick dogs isn't a great model either.

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Re:The emotional toll of caring for research animals by jjtheblunt on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @11:09PM (#35163292)
Some subset of owners of sick pets DO enroll pets in experimental treatments, which i know from a life among animals. In a personal case, the results amazed the oncologists.
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