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What might "beagling" through the history of science tell us about our world and ourselves?

Animal research is more than just “science”: there are always infused cultural assumptions.

Research with dogs produced many insights that undermined support for further research with them.

This post is in response to A Heartwarming Tale of Hope for Lucky Rescued Lab Dogs By Marc Bekoff Ph.D.

Beagles are very popular companion dogs and also very popular among breeding facilities and research laboratories where they live highly compromised lives, all "in the name of research" to help humans. 1

Many, if not most people, have no idea what goes on behind these closed doors. I've often wondered why these wonderful dogs rather than others wound up being used for a sorts of research,

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