1. Animal Testing Lauren Draper

2. Animal Testing  History  Animal Welfare Act 1999  Pros  Cons  Current NZ issue: Psychoactive Substances Act (aka party pills, legal highs)

3. 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 http://myveganjournal.com/?page_id=144

4. 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.  http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/regs/anim al-welfare/research http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/regs/anim al-welfare/research

5. 3 R’s  Replacement  Reduction  Refinement http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/2007-national- animal-ethics-advisory-committee-naeac-annual- report-released/5/1224 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ministry_for_Primary_I ndustries_logo.gif

6. Results  Burned  Shocked  Poisoned  Isolated  Starved  Forcibly restrained  Addicted to drugs  Brain damaged  http://www.peta.org/issue s/animals-used-for- experimentation/animal- testing-bad-science.aspx http://www.peta.org/issue s/animals-used-for- experimentation/animal- testing-bad-science.aspx http://myveganjournal.com/?page_id=144

7. Pros  Medical research: human, veterinary  Ensures safety and health of humans  Bred for a purpose  Alternative methods cannot simulate humans in the same way

8. 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

9. 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”.  http://www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/government/2 013/0100/latest/whole.html#DLM5331115 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/government/2 013/0100/latest/whole.html#DLM5331115  Controversial  Hundreds protested in rallies around NZ

10. 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 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&obje ctid=10905359

11. 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

12. You decide… http://www.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk/p/keep-calm-and-stop- animal-testing-8/

13. References  About Animal Testing (n.d.) Using animals testing, pros versus cons. Retrieved from: http://www.aboutanimaltesting.co.uk/using-animals-testing- pros-versus-cons.html  My Vegan Journal (n.d.) Companies that test on animals. Retrieved from: http://myveganjournal.com/?page_id=144  New England Anti-Vivisection Society (n.d.) Alternatives in education. Retrieved from: http://www.neavs.org/alternatives/in-education  New Zealand Herald (2013) Animal Testing Protests: ‘Test them on the idiots who take them’. Retrieved from: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10905359 New Zealand Herald (2013)Law change on research animals. Retrieved from: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=111419 13&ref=rss  New Zealand Legislation (1999) Animal Welfare Act 1999. Retrieved from: http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1999/0142/latest/DLM50499.html  New Zealand Legislation (2013) Psychoactive Substances Act. Retrieved from: http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2013/0053/latest/DLM5331116.ht ml

14. References  PETA (n.d.) Animals used for experimentaion. Retrieved from:http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for- experimentation/alternatives-to-animal-testing.aspx  Speaking of Research (n.d.) Facts. Retrieved from: http://speakingofresearch.com/facts/  Understanding animal research (n.d.) Animal testing essay writing resources. Retrieved from: http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/resources/animal-testing- essay-writing-resources/resources-for-student-essays-history-of-animal- research/