I'm not sure I should have eaten anything today after my epic ekka weekend. I was hoping to focus on healthful food but then a friend mentioned an area at work was selling RSPCA cupcakes in support of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Naturally I succumbed. Cruelty to animals is abhorrent, that said, when appropriate and when the ends justifies the means, I am a supporter of the selective use of animals for testing countermeasures developed and manufactured to protect humans. There are some diseases that are now so rare but so important the only way to test new products is by using animals.