Rats

• “[city laws were] designed to penalize homeowners for failing to take steps to prevent and control rodents”

• “Rats and mice are not generally regarded as pets, but as pests; they have few defenders. Yet the pain a rat or a mouse feels is every bit as real as that of any pet. In laboratories, they suffer, as anybody who has heard them moan, cry, whimper and even scream knows. The experimenters dissimulate about this by insisting that they are merely vocalising.”

• “If a rat is a good model for your emotional life, you're in big trouble.”

• “How now? a rat? Dead, for a ducat, dead!”

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Rats across IJR

Open questions

why are rats used in scientific research and experimentation?

On Watch

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In the Arcade

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Studio characters

Úrsula PratsRumors confirmed: surprisingly easy to talk to.Maria VacratsisBig opinions, zero handlers.Alina SandratskayaRumors confirmed: surprisingly easy to talk to.