Critter News

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Freeman says that the most difficult thing he has encountered so far in his research comes not from the lab, but from people’s attitudes about animal testing. Interesting that animal research is not cruel or inhumane because it benefits US. Interesting that animal research is not cruel or inhumane because it benefits US.

Animal Research 100

Animal Research Research Inhumane Animal Cruelty 100

Critter News

MARCH 5, 2009

Other scenes show a newborn chimpanzee being taken from its mother and an adult screaming as a lab worker aims a tranquilizer gun before the animal falls sedated from a shelf to the floor. Here is a link to the Humane Society. The video footage shows monkeys biting themselves and slamming against the bars of small cages.

Wayne Pacelle 100

Wayne Pacelle Humane Society Of The United States Louisiana Research 100

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

The Argument from Brutalization The previous argument was based on an alleged indirect effect on human beings of not eating meat. Conversely, vegetarianism, it is argued, tends to humanize people. This argument can have a strong or weak form depending on what is meant by “brutalize” and “humanize.”

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Morals Inhumane Meat 40