Text As we can see scientific experiments and animal protection can conflict with each other.We seem to hate no other choice but to sacrifice one for the other But which is a more sensible choice---to hold back our curiosity for the sake of animal protection or to kill animals for the benefit of science?Here Phil Gates argues for a way out of this dilemma(困境) What would you say to your children if you caught them cutting pieces off butterflies'wings to see how it affected their ability to fly?Killing insect pests is fair enough,but most of us would feel unhappy about our children mutilating animals for curiosity's sake.Text As we can see , scientific experiments and animal protection can conflict with each other. We seem to hate no other choice but to sacrifice one for the other. But which is a more sensible choice --- to hold back our curiosity for the sake of animal protection or to kill animals for the benefit of science? Here Phil Gates argues for a way out of this dilemma (困境) . What would you say to your children if you caught them cutting pieces off butterflies' wings to see how it affected their ability to fly? Killing insect pests is fair enough, but most of us would feel unhappy about our children mutilating animals for curiosity's sake