I just submitted https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6307569 but I don't think it's going to make front page.
Direct link: http://opensuffer.com/
EDIT: Sorry for piggybacking on the post. Important cause though.
So yes, it happens and it's very sad. I don't know whether there's anything to be done though. Bad things happen all the time.
This is effectively kidnapping and should be prosecuted as a felony, really.
One argument is that I should have gone to the police to make them think twice about doing this to other cats. But paying $1k worth of damages would not dissuade people like that.
Sure, as seen in Unnecessary Fuss, these experiments can be pretty horrific, and the destruction of all test subjects even after the most minor test feels unnecessary. But the meat industry systematically kills vastly more animals a day. And I don't see vegans marching outside my local McDonalds.