Slate on Animal Research

by Stephanie Ernst · 2009-06-08 13:44:00 UTC
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I've not yet been able to bring myself to read the Slate series of articles on animal research written by vivisectionist Daniel Engber. So far I've only scanned. But my friend Mary, of Animal Person, did read it all, and much of her description of what she found and much of what she quotes are why I've avoided reading so far. I think I'm going to need to be in a place of calm (i.e., under the influence of a couple glasses of wine) before I delve in to Engber's series--because it seems a lot of his language and narrow-minded conclusions and assumptions are infuriating. (And anyone whose first instinct, by the way, is to write, "Bring on the PETA hotties!" in a comment thread, in response to respectful, adult conversation, gets an automatic mark in the "jerk" column for me.)

Whether or not you do take the time to read the whole series, absolutely do go check out Mary's overview of, and response to, it:

"Deconstructing Slate's 'Pepper' Series" (Mary published a short response to the first part of the five-parter when it initially came out too; see that here.)

Stephanie Ernst wrote the original Animal Rights blog at Change.org until December 2009. She can now be found at Animal Rights & AntiOppression.
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