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Old June 2nd 04, 04:03 PM
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http://biology.clc.uc.edu/fankhauser.../A&P201/Cat_Sk
inning/Cat_Skinning.htm


Just had to be done. A lovely page showing the disection of cats in

glorious
color. The cat lovers will adore seeing them put to this worthy use.



The Grim Reaper



The local SPCA kills thousands of cats each month here in my city. I wish
it weren't so; but if their carcasses can be used to make the lives of
humans better it is a good thing.

Human beings are infinitely more valuable than felines.

--Gene Royer



Well said.

Mind you, I like cats but I'm not a nutter about them but I wasn't too happy
reading about the way they actually destroy them. A hypobaric chamber sounds
an evil way to die. Essentially, they suck out all of the oxygen and the
poor sods suffocate. Not a nice way to go. Bit of the website below...

THE ETHICS OF USING CATS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE DISSECTIONS
The question of the ethics of using cats for medical science dissection
and learning can and should be raised. The ethical argument against the use
of cats would be stronger if cats were bred specifically to be killed for
dissection. However, the cats we use are the product of uncontrolled
reproduction of pets. The surplus wind up at the animal shelter. At the
animal shelter, the majority of cats are "euthenized" in a hypobaric
chamber. In this chamber, the air is pumped out until the animal first
passes out, and eventually dies of oxygen starvation. In the great majority
of cases, the carcasses are then either cremated or buried. It is clear
that using these animals which have already been euthenized yields at least
one positive outcome of their sad deaths, one of advancing the teaching of
medical science. Until the pet population explosion is under control and
there is no surplus of euthenized cats, it would seem that a constructive
use of a social tragedy is to be encouraged.



The Grim Reaper