this is already what they do, you have to justify usage of animals and meet standards for quality of life to do any research at a real institution

also animal research is a huge pain in the ass, nobody is doing it unless they have to

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constantius 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That's a naive understanding of academia.

Meeting standards is nothing but a formality, a form to fill. The PhDs and lab staff doing the killing, if they have any qualms about the act itself or just the purpose of the killing, generally justify it away as being what they have to do to keep the job. The "humane" killing methods are learned on the job through trial and error, and such errors keep happening regularly to experienced staff.

Prior to lockdowns, many/most lab animals just got killed: interesting quality of life standard.

What's written in lab policies is not at all how it happens in reality.

	▲	Palomides 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		that does not sound at all like my lab experience, nobody was doing ad hoc trial and error on basic animal management

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customguy 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Treat them as a pet owner would treat their beloved pet rat.

They do that already? Then how come an estimated 192 million mice are killed each year?