In the wild, a mouse or rat leads a precarious life. In the city, they dodge traps, poisons, and broom-wielding humans. In the countryside, they face owls, shotguns, and more poison. As Australia’s deputy prime minister once declared during a nationwide mouse plague, “The only good mouse is a dead mouse.” Yet even that grim existence More The post The Lab Mouse Paradox: Why Science Still Depends on Animals Who Don’t Represent Us appeared first on CounterPunch.org.
