Critter News

JUNE 5, 2009

This information includes research topics, funding amounts, types of animals used, and the number of years the project has been funded. A valuable new resource has recently entered the information superhighway. For sleuthing on animal experimentation, you will want to visit a library with good science holdings.

Animal Research 100

Animal Research Animal Medical Research Research 100

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 4, 2007

Some, such as my niece's Tag, are utterly spoiled. One difference between human beings and dogs is that human beings can see how others live, can measure the gap between their own resources and those of others, and can envy those who have more. In terms of welfare (i.e., overall well-being), there is great inequality among dogs.

Welfare 40

Welfare Medical Shelters Dogs 40

Animal Ethics

JUNE 4, 2009

It’s a matter of expending one’s resources in accordance with one’s values. There is another reason that could be given for not eating meat in view of the present inhumane treatment of animals. It would be a way of protesting present practice, a way of saying, “I disagree strongly with the treatment of animals used for food.”

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Morals Protest Protesting 40