Vivisection, Animal Experimentation and Animal Testing
Vivisection is literally the cutting of a living being. This page will explore the ethics behind student dissection, animal experimentation for medical research as well as animal testing for cosmetics and household products.
Does Classroom Dissection Deplete Species, Encourage Animal Cruelty?
From About.com's Environmental Issues site: Are the animals used in classroom dissection taken from the wild? If so, wouldn’t this be endangering their populations? Are there other environmental issues associated with classroom dissection?
From About.com's Environmental Issues site: Are the animals used in classroom dissection taken from the wild? If so, wouldn’t this be endangering their populations? Are there other environmental issues associated with classroom dissection?
National Anti-Vivisection Society
The National Anti-Vivisection Society is an organization that opposes the use of animals in research.
The National Anti-Vivisection Society is an organization that opposes the use of animals in research.
American Anti-Vivisection Society
AAVS works to end animal experimentation.
AAVS works to end animal experimentation.
Alternatives to Dissection
Dissection alternatives from Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
Dissection alternatives from Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
PCRM opposes animal research for ethical and scientific reasons.
PCRM opposes animal research for ethical and scientific reasons.
Companies that Do/Don't Test on Animals
List of companies that do or don't test on animals, as assembled by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
List of companies that do or don't test on animals, as assembled by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Health Charities That Do Not Fund Animal Experimentation
Yes, you can support medical research and health-related charities without supporting vivisection! List assembled by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
Yes, you can support medical research and health-related charities without supporting vivisection! List assembled by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
Mark Twain on Vivisection
In 1899, Mark Twain wrote, "I believe I am not interested to know whether Vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn't. To know that the results are profitable to the race would not remove my hostility to it. The pains which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity towards it . . ."
In 1899, Mark Twain wrote, "I believe I am not interested to know whether Vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn't. To know that the results are profitable to the race would not remove my hostility to it. The pains which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity towards it . . ."