Although this sort of expermentation is horrible to
hear about, it does go on all the time. Many big name
universities conduct reasearch using companion animals.
Just use any search engine and type in vivisection .

Or you can go to http://www.novivisezione.org/mostra/pan1_en.htm

If you can make it through to Panel4, you will find what I
think is the most compelling evidence that all this "torture"
is totally unnessary. It's just legalized animal abuse in it's
worse forms.

P.S. Steno, I'm sorry you had to sit (in person) and listen
to all the graphic details, while in the same room with the
guy. I would be seeing red too.