What Has Society Said About Animal Welfare Issues?
A History of the Animal Welfare / Rights Movement
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Scientific American magazine prepared a special report for the February 1997 issue summarizing the history of the animal welfare / rights movement and presenting different points of view.
The Benefits and Ethics of Animal Research In this special report, the editors of Scientific American invited readers to examine the issues & participate in the debate. Some of the highlights of this article include:
Overview: Trends in Animal Research Illustration: Timeline -- The Evolution of Animal Use in Research Sidebar: The Numbers of Research Animals Pro: Animal Research is Vital to Medicine Con: Animal Research is Wasteful and Misleading Poll: A pre-publication poll of SciAm readers Forum: Some letters submitted by readers to the SciAm website, January 1997
