Imagine a cold dark room with cages lined against the walls. The cries of living creatures' echoes throughout the building as if the entrapped animals are able to sense their fate. Lying on a table are several rabbits strapped down with tiny cups attached to their bellies. These rabbits are...

Imagine an open field with the smell of freshly cut green grass, a beautiful crystal clear blue sky, a brightly shining sun, and a few clouds to make the day picture perfect. A rabbit is frolicking in the field and carelessly hopping around chasing the minuscule insects in the air. Its fluffy newbor...

This paper endeavours to delineate the discourse concerning the necessity of animal experimentation. Using the utilitarian approach (cost-benefit analysis), the benefits of animal experimentation (vivisection) to society, especially in the field of medical research, outweigh the unavoidable costs. W...

Most of us in this room have probably not suffered from a debilitating illness or a life-threatening disease. But maybe you know of someone who has. Has either of your parents or grandparents been diagnosed with cancer, heart disease, diabetes, or some other illness? Has someone you know had surg...

„h Laboratory animals The use of laboratory animals is important to three main areas: biomedical research, product safety testing, and education. Biomedical researchers use animals to extend their understanding of the workings of the body and the processes of disease and health, and to dev...

The Royal Melbourne Botanic Garden (RMBG) was established in the 1840's, just six years after Melbourne was founded. Its century-old trees were once famous for lining lakes and grasslands, acting as a magnificent sanctuary in the midst of a busy city, for all to enjoy. Today, the gardens are...

A Need for Protection Thesis: Animals have been a source of value since the beginning of time, yet researchers have shown no respect or consideration to them and instead have used and abused these creatures until they no longer have a purpose. Audience: Anyone who is interested in fighting for a...

Do we own animals...or do we simply care for them as pets and use them in our experiments and research? What distinguishes a pet from a lab/test animal..What characteristics make them any different from each other? Do the tests we do actually have significance and how far can we take them? ...

Medicines, household products, food, and basically everything involved in the life of an average person has to under go a form of testing before it is legal to be placed on a shelf and if available to the public. The same tests are performed on every medical procedure that is introduced to sur...

This theme song to a popular cartoon is a farce dealing with experiments carried out on animals. In the cartoon one mouse is made very smart and wants to take over the world while the other is clearly not as smart. While the cartoon makes jokes, the reality is that mice and other animals re being ...