Vivisection & Dissection

Animal Dissection/Vivisection/Research and Move to Ethical Research Methods
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ College Campaign

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Biology is supposed to be the study of life, not death! Tell your professors that cutting up dead animals has no place in a college classroom. Check out this campaign for all the details on getting alternatives in place so that animals can be kept off the dissection table!
Learn more.

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PETA’s ‘10 Worst Laboratories’ List

Bringing to light the increasing abuse of animals in some of the nation’s premier university laboratories, PETA has compiled this list of the 10 worst offenders. These are the 10 academic institutions with the worst Animal Welfare Act (AWA) violations, the largest numbers of animals killed, and the most painful and invasive experiments, and they are the least willing to make humane improvements.The complete rankings are as follows:

Also check out other campaigns:

From Primate Freedom Project:

www.Animalearn.org Let Animalearn bring humane education into your classroom

    • Humane Research Information from In Defense of Animals
    • Humane Veterinary Education from PETA
    • Ethics in Human Research from Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
      PCRM proposes higher ethical standards in conducting human research.
    • Humane Charities Campaignfrom Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
      Find out how PCRM encourages responsible research practices among health charities.
    • Ethics in Medical Student Education from Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
      Learn about alternatives to the use of animals in medical school curricula.
    • Animal Experimentation Issues from Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
      Explore the facts and fallacies about animal experiments.
    • Ethics in Science Education from Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
      Visit this PCRM Web site to learn about alternatives to animal dissection.
    • Ethics in Trauma Training from Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
      Learn about superior nonanimal training methods.
    • Improving Military Medicine from Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
      Learn more about the use of live animals in Department of Defense medical training courses and what the nonanimal alternatives are.
    • The National Anti-Vivisection Society
    • American Anti-Vivisection Society
    • Born Free USA
    • In Defense of Animals
    • Animal Learn

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    Does My College Use Animals?

    There are several steps that you can take to help you determine the extent of animal use, both in teaching and in research, at a college or university:

    1. Institutions that experiment on animals other than mice, rats, and birds (which are specifically excluded from coverage under the Animal Welfare Act) must be licensed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.2. All institutions that receive federal grants for research using vertebrate animals must file an assurance with the National Institutes of Health that they will abide by the Public Health Service (PHS) Principles regarding animal care. This list can be found here (click on the state you want at the top). Keep in mind that only schools receiving federal funds for the studies need to file an assurance with the government. Schools may still be experimenting on mice, rats, and birds without being on this list if the studies are funded by grants from private corporations or if the animals are being used in teaching exercises or experiments that are not federally funded.3. For schools that are not on either list, you should check the schools’ Web sites (or Google them if the sites do not have a search feature) to look for evidence of animal research and animal use in teaching. You might have to do some searching, but generally any college that has a biology department and/or a psychology department will use animals in some way. One clue to animal use is the existence of an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), sometimes called by other names. Even schools that do not use animals often partner with institutions that do. For example, Bard College is on neither list, but it has a partnership with Rockefeller University (which is one of the top recipients in the U.S. of funding for animal experiments) so that students can get “hands on” experience that they can’t get at Bard.4. Many schools still teach dissection in biology, anatomy, and other life science courses. Physiology classes often involve live animal exercises with turtles, frogs, rabbits, and rats. Find the course catalog on the school’s Web site and look for life science classes, then read each syllabus to check for dissection or live-animal exercises. When in doubt, call the university department directly and ask about what kinds of live and dead animals they use.Source: The above information was directly taken from StopAnimalTesting.com
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    Vivisection and Dissection Ethical Alternatives

    Also Other Organizations that Promote Alternatives to Animal Studies Research:

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