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Definition. 



Necessity 

 for experi- 

 mentation. 



Is unneces- 

 sary pain 

 inflicted ? 



WHAT IS CRUELTY TO ANIMALS? 



The question of cruelty to animals comes 

 into the mind of every humane person when 

 experiments upon animals are discussed. Let 

 us first ask ourselves, what is cruelty? It may 

 be defined as the useless and wanton infliction 

 of pain. Are these experiments necessary? 

 The answer is that if we are to understand the 

 phenomena of life, the living animals must be 

 studied. The anatomist may discover the ex- 

 istence of things; but we cannot know their 

 function until we see them in action. The 

 study of the living animal is just as essential 

 to knowledge of life as the study of machinery 

 in motion is to the knowledge of mechanics. A 

 mere inspection of the assembled parts can not 

 reveal how they will work. 



Do animal experimenters inflict unneces- 

 sary and wanton pain? If an operation has 

 been done that would have a painful result 

 the animal usually is killed while unconscious. 



