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24 November, 2018
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Animals and Science
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13/03/15
Yr9 Ethics GTC Feb 2015

2. ? Using animals in research and testing is a controversial issue.
People often disagree.
Some people think animal experiments are necessary, useful or justified.
Some people believe they are not.
Others believe there are non-animal alternatives available.

3. Key terms controversial justified necessary
Something that causes lots of discussion and disagreements
controversial
To provide a good reason for something
justified
So important that you must do it
necessary
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4. What do they do to the animals?
Experiments on animals are carried out for many different purposes: 
developing and testing medicines and vaccines for humans or animals  
studying how animals’ and humans’ bodies function 
assessing the safety of chemicals for their possible effects on human health or the environment. 

5. What does the RSPCA say?
We know that animals can experience pain and distress in experiments and that this can be severe.
The way that animals are bred, transported, housed and handled may also cause suffering.
We take a constructive, practical approach, liaising with people involved in animal use in government, industry and science to ensure that: 
the necessity and justification for using animals is always critically reviewed 
everything possible is done to speed up the development of humane alternatives  
every possible step is taken to reduce the numbers of animals used, and to significantly reduce their suffering and improve their welfare. 

6. What does the UK law say?
The government is committed to the replacement, reduction, and refinement of the use of animals in research - the ‘3Rs’.
UK law both requires and regulates experiments on animals.
Any new drug must be tested on at least two different species of live mammal, one of which must be a large non-rodent.
Since March 2013, it has also been illegal to sell cosmetics products within the EU which have been, or which contain ingredients, newly  tested on animals.