whenthoseexperimentsweregoingon,majornewspapersdid
not reportanythingaboutthem,let alonesendreportersto
investigateandputthestoryonthefrontpage.Whatwedid
to animals, it seemed, didn’t really matter. Now it does.
That’sanimportantstepforward,andasignthatoverthenext
fortyyearswemayseeevenbiggerchangesinthewayswe
treat animals.
Peter Singer
February 2015
1 MichaelMoss,“U.S.ResearchLabLetsLivestockSufferin
Quest for Profit,”New York Times, January 19, 2015.
2 MichaelMoss,“LawmakersAimtoProtectAnimalsinU.S.
Research,”New York Times, February 5, 2015.