Animal Testing Lauren Draper
Animal Testing History Animal Welfare Act 1999 Pros Cons Current NZ issue: Psychoactive Substances Act (aka party pills, legal highs)
History Animals have been tested on since the 19 th century for the study of science and human and veterinary medicine. Also used in education, training, cosmetics and household products
Animal Welfare Act 1999 Strictly controls use of animals in research, testing and teaching. Every request for animal use must be approved and monitored by an animal ethics committee. al-welfare/research al-welfare/research
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Results Burned Shocked Poisoned Isolated Starved Forcibly restrained Addicted to drugs Brain damaged s/animals-used-for- experimentation/animal- testing-bad-science.aspx s/animals-used-for- experimentation/animal- testing-bad-science.aspx
Pros Medical research: human, veterinary Ensures safety and health of humans Bred for a purpose Alternative methods cannot simulate humans in the same way
Cons Ethics: should animals be euthanized for human benefit? Cruelty? Animals are physiologically different to humans Is it necessary? -cell cultures -computer models -human trials Substances tested that don’t see approval
Psychoactive Substances Act “If a suitable alternative does not exist, the advisory committee may have regard to the results of a trial that involves the use of an animal”. 013/0100/latest/whole.html#DLM /0100/latest/whole.html#DLM Controversial Hundreds protested in rallies around NZ
Psychoactive Substances Act Pros Ensures human safety No different to cosmetic testing etc. Cons Not life saving drugs Unethical "Test them on the idiots that want to take it because there are hundreds of idiots who want to take it'' John Banks, Act Party ctid=
Animal Organisations NAEAC: National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee NAWAC: National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee ANZCCART: Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching SAFE: Save Animals From Experiments PETA: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals SPCA: Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals
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References About Animal Testing (n.d.) Using animals testing, pros versus cons. Retrieved from: pros-versus-cons.html My Vegan Journal (n.d.) Companies that test on animals. Retrieved from: New England Anti-Vivisection Society (n.d.) Alternatives in education. Retrieved from: New Zealand Herald (2013) Animal Testing Protests: ‘Test them on the idiots who take them’. Retrieved from: New Zealand Herald (2013)Law change on research animals. Retrieved from: 13&ref=rss New Zealand Legislation (1999) Animal Welfare Act Retrieved from: New Zealand Legislation (2013) Psychoactive Substances Act. Retrieved from: ml
References PETA (n.d.) Animals used for experimentaion. Retrieved from: experimentation/alternatives-to-animal-testing.aspx Speaking of Research (n.d.) Facts. Retrieved from: Understanding animal research (n.d.) Animal testing essay writing resources. Retrieved from: essay-writing-resources/resources-for-student-essays-history-of-animal- research/