In order to more completely understand biology, researchers sometimes conduct experiments on animals. Animal experimentation has a lengthy and productive history in biological research, especially in biomedicine. For example, the organ transplant...

Recent concern about the way humans treat animals has spawned a powerful social and political movement driven by the conviction that humans and certain animals are similar in morally significant ways, and that these similarities oblige humans to...

IN 1987 JENNIFER Graham's high school classmates dubbed her the "frog girl." People throughout the United States soon knew Graham, a fifteen-year-old tenth grader at Victor Valley High School in California, by the same name. Graham made headlines across...

It is only recently, and in response to their perceived mistreatment by humans, especially in processes of industrial agricultural production and scientific research, that rights have been ascribed to animals. The concept remains contentious,...

Animal testing or animal research refers to the use of non-human animals in experiments. It is estimated that 50 to 100 million vertebrate animals worldwide[4][5][6] — from zebrafish to non-human primates — are used annually and either...

Teen Editorial RACHEL RUTTER, 17 Animal rights activist Jeremy Bentham said, "The question is not, Can they reason?' nor, Can they talk?' but rather, Can they suffer?'" In recent years, this question has been answered with a resounding "yes." Many animal...

University Wire 01-26-2005 (Northern Star) (U-WIRE) DEKALB, Ill. -- Animal testing is an issue that's been debated for years. The problem is, animals don't have a voice in that debate. According to www.allforanimals.com, there is no law requiring companies to test personal care and...

The lab rat of the future may have no whiskers and no tail — and might not even be a rat at all.With a European ban looming on animal testing for cosmetics, companies are giving a hard look at high-tech alternatives like the small, rectangular...

A fourth cow has tested positive for the bluetongue virus in England, the government said Wednesday.The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said the animal, on a farm near Ipswich in Suffolk county, eastern England, would be slaughtered. Three other cases of bluetongue have...

“Experiments are performed on animals that inflict severe pain without the remotest prospect of significant benefits for humans or any other animals.” —Peter Singer “Virtually every medical innovation of the last...

For the past three decades, there has been widespread debate over the use of animals in medical science and product testing. Heartrending images of caged monkeys awaiting vivisection in government laboratories and rabbits with skin lesions where...

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This report is about the pros and cons in animal in research. I stated my views, added some backround information and stated a conclusion.

Animal testing is necessary for medical and technological advance

Debates the issue of animal rights and defending the rights of animals. Describes the treatment of farm animals and animals used in experiments.