Animal experimentation / Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr., book editor. - Detroit : Greenhaven Press/Gale Cengage, c2009. - 122 p. ; 24 cm. - At issue. . - At issue. Social issues. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Animal experimentation is ethical / Animal experimentation is not ethical / "Pro" and "con" positions oversimplify animal experimentation issues / Dissection teaches students lessons in cruelty / Animal experimentation is necessary to ensure product safety / Animal rights activists are terrorists / Animal rights activists are not terrorists / Mainstream animal rights groups support extremists' actions / Alternative testing can replace animal experimentation / Alternative testing cannot replace animal experimentation / Research funding is responsible for animal experimentation / Using primates in medical experimentation is unjustifiable / Using primates in medical experimentation is justifiable / Animal experimentation is vital for medical research / Animal experimentation hampers medical research / Stuart W.G. Derbyshire -- Animal Friends Croatia -- Jonathan Wolff -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) -- PIR Partners Research -- New Scientist -- Steven Best and Richard Kahn -- Ed Owen -- Carol Howard -- George Poste -- National Anti-vivisection Society -- Human Society of the United States -- Research Defence Society -- Foundation for Biomedical Research -- Pat Thomas.

ISBN: 9780737742800 (hardcover) 9780737742794 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2008049402

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Animal experimentation.
Animal experimentation--Moral and ethical aspects.
Animal rights.

LC Class. No.: HV4915 / .A636 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 179/.4