I'm reminded of watching 16mm movies in my Brain & Behaviour class when I was getting my Psych degree. They had this cat with its head in a stereotaxic instrument (to prevent its head from moving) and were inserting a probe into its brain to measure activity and response to certain stimuli. It became comic when we realised that the cat looked just like one belonging to one of my classmates. I'm not a curel person, but I do have a penchant for black humour.

I think anyone willing to protest animal medical research should be asked if s/he would take the animal's place. That ought to shut 'em up.