Balcombe Jonathan
J Appl Anim Welf Sci. 2010;13(1):77-88. doi: 10.1080/10888700903372168.
This commentary presents the case against housing rats and mice in laboratory cages; the commentary bases its case on their sentience, natural history, and the varied detriments of laboratory conditions. The commentary gives 5 arguments to support this position: (a) rats and mice have a high degree of sentience and can suffer, (b) laboratory environments cause suffering, (c) rats and mice in the wild have discrete behavioral needs, (d) rats and mice bred for many generations in the laboratory retain these needs, and (e) these needs are not met in laboratory cages.
这篇评论阐述了反对将大鼠和小鼠饲养在实验室笼子里的理由；该评论基于它们的感知能力、自然习性以及实验室条件带来的各种不利因素来论证其观点。评论给出了5个论据来支持这一立场：（a）大鼠和小鼠具有高度的感知能力，会遭受痛苦；（b）实验室环境会导致痛苦；（c）野生环境中的大鼠和小鼠有不同的行为需求；（d）在实验室中繁殖了许多代的大鼠和小鼠仍然保留这些需求；（e）这些需求在实验室笼子里无法得到满足。
