The debate over the use of animals in animal experiments continues. Meanwhile, the new Hunting Act, which came into force in February this year, has not resolved the conflict between those for and against hunting. This book looks at these complex issues from a wide range of opposing views on the subject. There is also a chapter on the general issue of animal welfare.
The information comes from a wide variety of sources and includes government reports and statistics, newspaper reports, features, magazine articles and surveys, literature from lobby groups and charitable organisations.
Table of Contents
Chapter One: Animal Experiments
Animal experimentation, The benefits of animals in scientific research, Animals experiments at 10-year high, Introduction to animal experiments, Species used in experiments in 2003, Scientific procedures on live animals 2003, Procedures, If mice could talk, Animal experiments, Animals in medicines, Who will stand up for animal experiments?, Alternatives, The law, Concern, Distrust among doctors.
Chapter Two: The Hunting Debate
Hunting FAQs, 96% say enforcing hunt ban should not be Clarke's priority, Hunting with dogs, A great day for wildlife, Charity angered by deer hunting with helicopters, New era dawns for the 'antis', Hunts intend to push new law to the limit.
Chapter Three: Animal Welfare
Animal rights, Animal cruelty law, Do your duty, Comparison with other bodies taking prosecutions, Fashion's new F-word, The facts about the fur trade, International fur trade today, Fur farming.
Key Facts
Additional Resources
Index
Acknowledgements
• Currently, about 2.78 million animals are used in research in the UK each year. (p. 1)
• The total in 2003 rose by 59,000 to 2.79 million, an increase of 2.2 per cent on 2002, the Home Office data showed. (p. 4)
• Animals are usually selected on the grounds of convenience and cost, the vast majority of animals used being mice and rats, and not on the basis of their 'human similarities'. (p. 6)
• Medical research has saved the lives of a quarter of a million children between 1 and 14 in the UK during the past 50 years. (p. 12)
• In an opinion poll taken in December 2002 only 36% of those questioned supported the view that 'hunting should not be allowed to continue at all as cruelty is more important to me than civil liberties'. (p. 20)
• It may have been (and may continue to be) a long, hard struggle, but the passing of the Hunting Act should be an inspiration to all who continue to fight other forms of cruelty. (p. 24)
• After a largely law-abiding start to the ban, some hunts are expected to defy the ban away from the media scrutiny, particularly in areas where police have expressed unwillingness to waste time following them. (p. 27)
• In 2003, the RSPCA received 1,279,953 calls including requests for welfare advice, reports of injured or trapped animals, or reports of suspected neglect or suffering. (p. 30)
• Fur, once the dirty word of fashion, is back with a vengeance and, apparently, without a guilty conscience. Mink and chinchilla are making a brazen reappearance on the catwalk and women who previously wouldn't be seen dead wearing a dead animal are draping themselves in pelts. (p. 32)
• Every year, over 50 million animals are killed so that their fur can be used by the fashion industry; that's more than 130,000 animals slaughtered every day just so that someone else can wear their coats. (p. 34)
• Fur farming provides a livelihood for many thousands of individuals in Europe and North America. In Europe, there are some 6,000 fur farms, providing full-time employment to 30,000 individuals. (p. 39))
Animal Rights Study Guide
Each book in the Issues series has a study guide. These four-page guides provide a variety of discussion points and other activities to suit a wide range of ability levels and interests.
Publisher: Independence Educational Publishers
Price: £1.50
ISBN: 978 1 86168 342 7
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