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May 24, 2002:
Hour One: Animal
Rights / Animal Experimentation
Last week, German lawmakers voted to extend certain legal rights to
animals, a move that might limit the use of animals in scientific experiments.
In this hour of Science Friday, we'll look at the debate over animal
rights and animal experimentation. Should animals have legal rights?
How might such a move affect biomedical research? Do we even need to
use animal models in experiments anymore?
Call in with your comments and questions at 1-800-989-8255, and share
your opinions online in our Listeners' Lounge (registration required).
Guests:
Steven M. Wise, J.D.
Attorney
Author, "Drawing
the Line: Science and the Case for Animal Rights" (Perseus Press,
2002) and "Rattling
The Cage: Toward Legal Rigths for Animals" (Perseus Press, 2001)
Lecturer, Harvard Law School
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Raymond Fersko, J.D.
Attorney, Firm of Mintz, Levin
Representing National Association for
Biomedical Research
Washington, DC
Elliot M. Katz, DVM
Founder and Director, In Defense of
Animals
Mill Valley, California
J. R. Haywood, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology
University of Texas Health Science
Center
San Antonio, Texas
Books/Articles Discussed:
Related Links:
CNN.com
- Germany votes for animal rights - May 17, 2002
BBC
News | EUROPE | Germany to grant animal rights
Animal
Welfare Act and Regulations
USDA
Animal Care Home Page
OLAW:
NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
FDA/CFSAN
Cosmetics--Animal Testing
Lab
Animal Magazine
PETA:
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
Friends
of Animals Homepage
IDA
- In Defense of Animals
American
Association for Laboratory Animal Science AALAS
National Association for Biomedical Research
Scientific
American: Forum: The Benefits and Ethics of Animal Research
Animal
Research in Psychology
Animal
Rights Law
This segment produced by: Annette Heist
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