Steps toward Mercerism?

Researchers in Canada have established that mice feel empathy for the suffering of other mice. No word on whether the researchers tested themselves with their proto-Voight-Kampf apparatus to confirm whether they themselves were real or manufactured.
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=78bf43f5-f170-4817-b415-c4c6128a54c4&k=66678