"Protests halt tests in which pigs suffocated" by Associated Press | January 15, 2010
VIENNA - Vehement protests by animal rights activists prompted scientists yesterday to stop temporarily an avalanche experiment that involved burying pigs in snow and monitoring their deaths.
But they would never experiment on humans with bioweapons or anything. I mean, the mind-set of some of these sickies really boggles the mind.
I don't know if you are aware of this, readers, but PIGS RANK like FOURTH on the INTELLIGENCE SCALE! They HAVE PERSONALITIES and ARE SELF-AWARE!!!!!
Just because it is a PIG doesn't mean it's NOT TORTURE!
The two-week experiment was trying to determine what factors allow humans to survive an avalanche in an air pocket until rescued without suffering permanent brain damage.
Has anyone opened up the skulls of the scientists who thought of this "experiment?" Maybe you wouldn't mind taking a spot in the snow, hmmm?
Hermann Brugger, co-director of the experiment led by the Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine in Bolzano, Italy, and the Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria, asserted the pigs did not suffer because they were sedated.
Someone should sedate them -- permanently.
Activists called it cruel and pointless. “It is absolutely unacceptable that these highly sensitive, helpless animals are killed for such an unnecessary test,’’ said Johanna Stadler of the group Four Paws.
How would you like being buried in the snow, human?
Imagine being buried alive in a coffin. How would that feel?
That pig understood, even through the drugs.
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Also see: What to Do About Global Warming
Nothing!
Can't you see right in front of you?
I love the location, too (page B10, lower-right corner):
"Snow is inching its way back" by Caitlin Castello, Globe Correspondent | January 17, 2010
Yesterday’s unseasonably warm temperatures were just a tease for Massachusetts residents.
When?
Yeah, it warmed up from bone-chilling cold to cold.
Pfft!
Actually, the hot fart mist does get pretty thick, doesn't it?
Tonight, it’s back to the same old winter routine. Two to 4 inches of snow are expected to fall in the Boston area, while Central and Western Massachusetts could see 5 to 10 inches, said Mike Ekster, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Taunton....
Oh, puke! I'll be out there later tonight instead of here then, readers!!
Temperatures are expected to range from the high 20s to the low 30s....
That's what it has been for "unseasonably warm."
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WTF is with the s***-spin on the weather, anyway?
And just as you have to trust Framer's Almanac over the newspaper, you can let the lake tell you how it is outside:
“Ice-In’’ has been declared on New Hampshire’s largest lake, but authorities are reminding residents to use extreme caution when venturing onto the ice. David Emerson flies over Lake Winnipesaukee each winter to see where and when the lake finally freezes over. This year’s Ice-In was right on time. Emerson told the Laconia Citizen the last time the lake didn’t totally freeze over was in 2001 (AP)."
Yup, and it has been getting COLDER EVER SINCE, pfft!
