From: TURTLE              
To: SNAKEBYTE           
Subject: Animalism?     
Date & Time: 08/12/90 03:59:17
Message Number  7580

Pithing a frog is hardly THAT bad a practice--for all intents and
purposes, when the brain is destroyed the frog is dead. It's not
like he's still aware of what's going on and can't move; the frog's
brain si /gone/. That's not a defense of cutting apart live frogs,
mind you--it's just a clarification of what could quickly become an
emotionally charged misconception. A pithed frog is in any sense that
matters for this sort of thing DEAD.