NTU's cyborg beetles: Netizens upset over 'animal torture'

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the project's purpose is to "control the flight of the beetle", which will be used for "peaceful applications" like finding trapped people using heat signatures.

Netizens expressed their disapproval on Facebook. ... called the project "animal torture". .... "If someone were to control a wasp or venomous invertebrates, he can commit a perfect murder."

With the advances in technology, use of live animals for such purposes should be replaced by use of technology to avoid suffering."

Would we one day allow the use of the same technology to control higher animals and people?"

Qn: Can the use of animals for scientific research ever be justified? (Cam. 2017)