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mike · 5125 days ago · link · · parent · post: It should be easier for me to give mice brain tumors.
Of course we need to be certain that scientists are respecting life, but the process should be simplified. One way would be that after a certain number of applications, experiments, and reviews, you graduate to a "trusted researcher" status, are given limits for how many critters you can kill in a given time period and requirements for how that is carried out, and then you can submit a greatly simplified form and have your work reviewed on an annual basis. I would think few people would have a problem with this kind of set up.
This is a solution I've considered. I have been trained by our bioresources staff, and much of my work with animals is a variation on the same experimental model. Just removing redundancies would probably cut down the application process significantly. I would be more than willing to do a week of training to earn such a special status.