Should Animal Experimentation continue?
By: Marina Umana
Instructor: Kenneth Frawley
Research Methods
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Table of Contents
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Introduction
What is Animal Experimentation?
The Organizations against it and what they do
The Organizations for it and what they do
IAMS Shocker
Does the community know about this?
Brochures
What does the community think about this?
Columbia University Cruelty
Dog, Monkeys, Cat, Iguana
Graphic Images (Very frightening images)
Conclusion
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Introduction
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“In the end, we will remember not the words of
our enemies, but the silence of our friends”
- Martin Luther King Jr.
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What is Animal Experimentation?
Animal testing, or animal research, refers
to the use of animals in experiments.
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Who is experimented?
1%
15%
3%
4%
1%
8%
68%
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Mice
Fish
Reptiles/ amphibians
Birds
Other Mammals
Rats
Other Rodents
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Con Organizations
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Animal Welfare
Institute
Humane Society
of the United
States
Johns Hopkins
Center for
Alternatives to
Animal Testing
People for the
Ethical Treatment
of Animals
Psychologists for
the Ethical
Treatment of
Animals
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Con Arguments
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Animal suffering is excessive in
regardless of possible benefits.
Opponents, particularly supporters
of animal rights, argue further that
benefits to human beings cannot
outweigh the suffering of animals.
Human beings have no moral right
to use individual animals in ways
that do not benefit that individual.
In practice there is widespread
abuse of animals
Animals do not consent to being
tested upon.
Animal testing is bad science
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Pro Organizations
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American Association for Laboratory Animal
Science
Americans for Medical Progress
Michigan Society for Medical Research
National Association for Biomedical Research
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Pro Arguments
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It is unethical to test the side-effects
of drugs on human beings.
Humans that use medicine derived
from animal research are healthier.
Animals receive better care due to
advances in veterinary medicine.
10 X more animals are used by
humans for other purposes:
agriculture, hunting, pest control,
than in animal testing.
150 million large mammals are used
in agriculture each year.
Over 7 million dogs/cats euthanised
in animal shelters each year,
1 million animals are killed each
day by automobiles. ITT-Technical Institute, Torrance
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IAMS Shocker
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For nearly 10 months in 2002 and
early 2003, a PETA investigator
went undercover at an IAMS testing
laboratory
Investigator found dogs who had
gone crazy from intense
confinement in barren steel cages
and cement cells
Dogs had been left on a filthy paintchipped floor after muscle chunks
had been hacked from their thighs
Horribly sick dogs and cats who
were suffering in their cages
Dogs and cats neglected and left to
suffer without veterinary care.
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Does the community know about this?
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30 people were asked
23 were women
(76%)
7 were men (23%)
25 of 30 people knew
83.3%
5 of 30 people didn’t
know  16.6%
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Brochures
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Used Brochures to Educate the Community
BEFORE BROCHURES
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19 of 25  76% Against it
6 of 25  24% For Testing
AFTER BROCHURES
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22 of 25  88% Against it
3 of 25  12% For Testing
What about the 5 who didn’t
know?
 4 of 5  80% Against it
 1of 5  20% For Testing
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What does the community think about
this?
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“This is wrong! Animals don’t
deserve this treatment”- Marlene
Miranda, age 20 (CON)
“It is easier because animals don’t
last long” – Mary Stevens, age 56
(PRO)
“I didn’t know about these
treatments of cruelty. I thought it
was just blood tests on mice…I
didn’t know they did it on dogs as
well”- Matt Thacker, age 26 (CON)
“Some sacrifices have to be made” –
Andrew Nelson, age 25 (PRO)
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Columbia University Cruelty
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PETA alerted the United
States Department of
Agriculture (USDA) on
September 25th, 2003
Columbia University paid
a fine of $2,000 to United
States Department of
Agriculture for violating
the act of killing an entire
litter of puppies through
cardiac puncture
No sedative was given to
the litter after their hearts
were punctured with a
large syringe
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Dog, Monkeys, Cat, Iguana
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Graphic Images
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Conclusion
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The suffering of the animals is excessive
compared to the benefits may be gathered
“No human has the right to make animals suffer”
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Resources
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www.novivisezione.org/mostra/pan2_en.htm
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http://www.iamscruelty.com/
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http://www.columbiacruelty.com/featpupkillings.asp
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http://www.peta-online.org/
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http://www.sac.edu/students/library/nealley/websi
tes/controversial.htm#animal
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