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Koreans honor dead lab animals (who knows -- they may return)

Koreans honor dead lab animals (who knows -- they may return)
Wall Street journal (Eastern ed.)
Format: Journal Article
Publication Year: n.d.
Publisher: Dow Jones
Place of Publication: United States
Sources ID: 126564
Visibility: Public (group default)
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Laboratory researchers in Korea hold a ceremony to honor animals used in experiments over a ten month period. The practice of honoring the passed animals is part of the Buddhist culture and helps ease the scientists minds, although the article mentions that the ceremony is also connected to older shamanic beliefs about animal spirits. (Zach Rowinski 2004-08-03)

Subjects: 
Buddhist Ethics