[quote name='crystalklear64']It was interesting to hear her talk about them. When we were walking to the place she would say rats, mice, gerbils, etc. But once we actually got into the rooms and she started explaining what I'd have to do, she called them "little clowns." I thought it was an affectionate term which seemed strange, because it sounded like her and one other lady were in charge of actually killing the things when the testing or whatever was done. There are cages marked with euthanize on them, but she said she didn't expect any of the newer employee's to do that. That'd be tough, imo, if she was emotionally attached to the thousands of rodents they have there.[/QUOTE]
I can understand being emotionally attached to pets, even rats (I've considered getting some rats and would still like to as they are supposed to be pretty smart animals), but when it comes to medical testing, you have to ignore them as "people" and think of them more as objects. I'm pretty sure I could still find it in my heart to use the words kill and murder, because that's basically what you are doing.
Whatever though. That's what you get for being a subordinate species.