The Animal Experimentation Debate : A Reference Handbook /: A Reference Handbook. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David E. Newton.
• Authors: Newton, David E
• Contents: List of TablesPreface1 Background and HistoryVivisection in Ancient HistoryDissection and Vivisection of Humans in Ancient GreeceDissection and Vivisection of AnimalsThe (Temporary) End of VivisectionDissection in Non-Western CulturesThe Renewal of DissectionVivisection and the Rise of Modern BiologyThe Birth of the Antivivisectionist MovementEarly Antivivisectionist LegislationRise of Antivivisectionist Organizations2 Problems, Controversies, and SolutionsThe Tide Turns: The Brown Dog Affair and the Decline of AntivivisectionismThe Antivivisection Movement in the United States Hits BottomResurgence of the Antivivisection MovementAnimal Welfare LegislationIssues of Violence and MoralityAnimal LiberationA Moral Code for AnimalsThe Impact of Animal LiberationIndustries RespondResearchers Fight BackThe International SceneAnimal-Testing StatisticsAlternatives to Animal TestingProgress in AATsThe Ongoing Debate over Animal ExperimentationArguments in Opposition to Animal ExperimentationArguments in Favor of Animal Experimentation3 PerspectivesThe Moral Dilemma of Animal Research (Dario Ringach)What Has Animal Research Ever Done for Us? (Tom Holder)The Importance of Biomedical Research (Matt Schaff)Companion Animal and Human Patients Work Together (Carol Frischmann)The Use of Animals in Behavioral Research (Janette Fischer)Objections to the Use of Animals in Research (Doris Lin)Why Do Animal Rights Activists Object to Using Animals in Experiments?What Are the Animal Welfare Concerns about Animals in Research?The Animal Welfare ActCan We Make Medical Advances without Animal Research?Tolerance (Michael Budkie)Animals and Research: 150 Years of Medical Advance (Bella Williams)Reasoning with Myself (Vilay Khandelwal)4 ProfilesIntroductionAmerican Anti-Vivisection SocietyAmericans for Medical ProgressAssociation for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal CareFrancis Balkwill (1952– )Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832)Henry Bergh (1813–1888)British Union to Abolish VivisectionFrancis Power Cobbe (1822–1904)In Defense of AnimalsThe Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal TestingMartin, Richard (1754–1834)National Anti-Vivisection Society (U.S.)National Association for Biomedical ResearchNew England Anti-Vivisection SocietyIngrid Newkirk (1949– )Sir William Paton (1917–1993)Tom Regan (1938– )Bernard Rollin (1943– )W.?M. S. Russell (1925–2005) and Rex L. Burch (1926–1996)Peter Singer (1946– )Ernest Starling (1866–1927)Understanding Animal Research5 Data and DocumentsDataTable 5.1: Animals Used in Research in the United States, 2010Table 5.2: Scientific Procedures by Species of Animal and Primary Purpose of the ProcedureTable 5.3: Research Animal Cases Examined by APHIS, 2007–2009Table 5.4: Number of Animals Used in Research, Historic Trends, 1973–2004DocumentsOn Medicine (about 50 CE; 1756)Thomas Aquinas on the Role of Animals (1265–1274)A Father's Instructions (1789)An Act to Amend the Law Relating to Cruelty to Animals (1876)Statement Opposed to Animal Experimentation (1895)Statement in Favor of Animal Experimentation (1914)A Compromise on Vivisection (1914)Cruelty to Animals Act (India) (1960)Animal Welfare Act of 1966Council Directive of 27 July 1976 on the Approximation of the Laws of the Member States Relating to Cosmetic Products (76/768/EEC) (1976)Primate Protection League v. Tulane Educ. Fund (500 U.S. 72 [1991])NIH Revitalization Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-43; 107 Stat. 122)Use of Animals in Testing; State of California (2000)Farm Security Act (2002)New Jersey Exemption from Dissection Law (2006)United States of America v. Darius Fullmer (et al.) (2009)S. 810: Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act of 20116 ResourcesBooksArticlesReportsInternet Sources7 ChronologyGlossaryIndexAbout the Author.
• Publisher Details: New York : ABC-CLIO
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (344 pages)
• Subjects: Political Science -- General; Medical laboratory testing & techniques
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9798216048053
• Related ISBNs: 821604805X; 9781610693172
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