Unless you are a vegan, I really don't get the outrage over a company killing 1,500 animals, most of which are rodents, pigs, and sheep. How many animals did Chipotle have killed yesterday to serve their customers? They serve cow, chicken, pigs. I bet they kill pests in their kitchens too! Horrific!!
Edit: And to think all those animals used for food, why is it so bad to use animals for research that could heal the paralyzed or give sight to the blind? That is far more noble cause than just being food.
The issue is that these animals were tortured, and they used way way more animals than is usually needed.
One monkey was caused to vomit so violently from the surgury that it had open sores in its throat. The issue is that animal wasn't immediately euthanized, it was kept alive and its final weeks were spent in agonizing pain, it was tortured.
We don't generally think it's OK to torture the animals in our food supply. That's the difference, the torture.
Edit: And to think all those animals used for food, why is it so bad to use animals for research that could heal the paralyzed or give sight to the blind? That is far more noble cause than just being food.