Doug Ford is barking up the wrong tree with his ban on animal research

“You can’t be experimenting on dogs. They’re part of our families. Or cats. Go with mice, go with rats, no problem,” Doug Ford said recently as he announced his intention to ban most research on dogs and cats in the province.

The Ontario Premier was reacting to a report by the Investigative Journalism Bureau that beagles were being used in a medical research study at the Lawson Research Institute at St. Joseph’s Health Care in London, Ont.