Life — May 26, 1910 — page 23: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page satirizes **vivisection** (animal experimentation), a heated ethical debate in early 20th-century America. The image shows well-dressed men examining what appears to be a dog, with the caption "Have [You] Seen Our Dog?" The accompanying quote, attributed to Forbes Winslow, D.C.L., sarcastically critiques vivisection as "unjustifiable and cruel" while claiming it doesn't advance medical science. The cartoon's dark humor juxtaposes the men's formal attire and professional demeanor against the implied fate of the missing dog—suggesting that animals were being seized for laboratory use without owners' knowledge or consent. This reflects actual animal-welfare activism of the era, when vivisection opponents feared their pets could be stolen for medical research.