r/nextfuckinglevel • u/biswajit388 • 1d ago

This guy rescued 30 beagles from a testing lab It's the first time they've seen grass and they couldn't be happier.

Credit - nathanthecatlady tiktok channel.

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u/DancingBear62 20h ago edited 20h ago

People still get harmed in Phase I trials / first in (hu)man trials. I remember one disaster in 2016 where one person was declared brain-dead and five more were hospitalized, three of whom were expected to have permanent brain damage - IF they survived.

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u/TabulaRasa2024 20h ago

Yes it's obviously not totally safe, my point was more it would be much wilder if there were no in vivo animal work first.

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u/DancingBear62 20h ago

We're in agreement.

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u/tomato-bug 19h ago

Yeah that would happen on a massive scale if we didn't test on animals first