re: Fauci has basically been committing scaphism (the boats) on innocent beagles

Perhaps there are cracks though which unnecessary and torturous animal research gets approved. But when I was messing around and about in animal labs in undergrad, I remember the regulations on animal research being arduous. You had to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the research could not be done any other way, that the animals would be cared for to the best of the ability allowed for under the experimental design, and that the research could potentially benefit more animals than would be sacrificed in the lab.

It was long training...another reason I went into botany.