03-15-2015, 05:59 AM
You raise some good points, Catherine. I would imagine that working on horrific experiments every day would totally wipe out any sense of compassion or empathy. There is a distinct risk of such workers becoming so sick in the head that cruelty becomes "normal". I read a good few years ago about a research worker at Huntingdon Life Sciences, who was caught on video repeatedly inserting and removing a syringe from a rabbit, in time to music. He found it amusing and was passing the time. He did lose his job, but only after it was well publicised.
