Peter Singer-Animal Liberation

physicianhasusedDraizetestdatatoaidinthemanagement ofaneyeinjury.Ihaveneverusedresultsfromanimalteststo manageaccidentalpoisonin ...

gointodrugfrenzies.Andasanothertoxicologisthassaid:“If penicillinhadbeenjudgedbyitstoxicityonguineapigs,it might never have been ...

ProminentamongthemwasHenrySpira,aformercivilrights activistwho put togethercoalitions againstthe Draizeand LD50tests.TheCoalitio ...

thatitwoulduseascreeningtestthatwouldreduceby 80 to 90 percent the number of animals otherwise used for eye safety testing; subs ...

Prodded by the animal welfare movement, major manufacturersofpharmaceuticals,pesticides andhousehold products have made signific ...

irritants, suchaslye,ammonia,and oven cleaners,did not needtobetestedontheeyesofconsciousrabbits.^75 Butthe battleis byno meanso ...

research”canalsobeusedtocoverresearchthatismotivated by a general intellectual curiosity. Such curiosity may be acceptableaspart ...

intheexperiment.Thosewhodidnothadseverediarrheaand died after removal from the chamber.^78 In 1954 atYaleUniversitySchoolofMedic ...

startpantingshortlyaftermicrowaveexposurebegins.Most “display increased activity varying from restlessness to extremeagitation.” ...

the heatstroke victim’s temperature is brought down, the greater the chances of recovery.”^83 In 1984 experimenters working for ...

placedtheratsinchambersat 107 degreesFahrenheit until theirbodytemperatureroseto108.7degreesFahrenheit.The researchers drew diag ...

“Asphyxiation,” “Blinding,” “Burning,” “Centrifuge,” “Compression,” “Concussion,” “Crowding,” “Crushing,” “Decompression,” “Drug ...

Gregersen also notes that hemorrhage has been “widely employed”and “anincreasingnumberof thesestudies has beendonewithoutthecomp ...

Hundreds of experiments are also performed annually in which animalsareforcedtobecome addictedtodrugs.On cocaine alone, for exam ...

tothedrugandthen,everytwoweeks,thetranquillizerswere withdrawn. Withdrawalsymptoms included twitches, jerks, grossbodytremors,ru ...

used in range-finding tests “to determine procedures and dosages for LSDadministration.” She wasgiven the drug orally and bydart ...

1987,Trans-SpeciesUnlimited,aPennsylvania-basedanimal rights group, compiled all the available information they couldfindaboutth ...

fundingagencies,animals arelistedas“supplies”alongside test tubes and recording instruments. In addition to the general attitude ...

studieshavefoundthemselves failingtheircoursesand are often forced to leave their chosen field of study. The pressure to conform ...

bureaucraticand legislativesystem) wereactuallya partof the problem.^99 DonBarnes,whoaswesawhada similarchangeofmind abouthiswor ...