clara, I agree with what you said, I was thinking the same thing as I was reading the article. How did they further the studies on humans? Did they do these little experiments on them?

I just can't see the purpose in killing the animals to find answers. We aren't usually dead when we break a bone. I broke my foot earlier in 2003, glad they didn't decide to put me to sleep to see if it was healing properly, they just took x-rays. Go figure.....