Animal lovers should support animal research, not condemn it. Here’s why.

Animal lovers should be among the biggest supporters of animal medical research. For example, researchers at the University of Wisconsin have identified a protein that’s present in greater-than-normal quantities in dogs with osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer that afflicts more than 10,000 dogs a year. Eight in ten of these dogs don’t live more than a year after their diagnosis. Future research could determine whether the protein actually causes tumor production – and which genes are responsible for ordering higher concentrations of the protein.