Title: How Do You Make Republicans Care About Animal Testing? Anthony Bellotti Has A Plan | HuffPost
Headings: How Do You Make Republicans Care About Animal Testing? Anthony Bellotti Has A Plan
How Do You Make Republicans Care About Animal Testing? Anthony Bellotti Has A Plan
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Content: Anthony Bellotti: Back in 1995, between junior and senior year of high school, I worked as an intern in an animal experimentation laboratory in New York City. For eight weeks I watched horrifying experiments on animals that you wouldn’t wish on your worst enemy. I witnessed, first hand, the harsh reality of modern animal experimentation, up close and personal, on pigs, primates, beagles, rabbits and smaller animals. At 17, I didn’t know anything about wasteful government spending on these experiments. I just knew that something was wrong with this picture. The experience immediately and forever changed my life. In fact, I remember saying to myself: “ if this is one of the good animal laboratories, what the heck are they doing in the bad ones?” It was a horrifying experience — talk about shock and awe — but it was also the best thing that ever happened to me because it changed me so profoundly.