Friends of the Rat
The Times reports, rather flippantly, that laboratory rats succumbed to respiratory failure after being fed large doses of Louisiana hot sauce. We are not told how long they had to await death with their intestines on fire. It is appalling that such senseless cruelty is still permitted in civilized societies.
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