Animal Rights - Trends
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Monday, November 23, 2009

The ethics of functional genomics: same, same, but different?

12 Jul 2006 Respect for human life--a notion of worth uniting all members of the human race--constitutes a sense of anthropocentrism that has long been the justification for the enrollment of animals in experimentation executed to develop therapies to alleviate ... Read more...

Animal rights protests build.

6 Nov 2005 Opposition to animal experiments in Britain appears to be extending beyond the labs to other businesses supplying them. Nigel Williams ... Read more...

Fears grow about animal rights activists.

3 Oct 2004 The British government has blocked entry to a key American animal rights campaigner but there are growing concerns about local ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Animal Rights - Trends'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• End to whaling ban? 2 Jul 2009
• Combating animal rights extremism. 30 May 2009
• Marching for science. 29 Apr 2009
• When animal rights turns ugly. 30 May 2008
• Growth of activism calls for more thoughtful solutions. 18 Mar 2008
• Animal-rights activists invade Europe. 26 Feb 2008
• Q & A: Frankie Trull. Interviewed by Genevive Bjorn. 30 Jan 2008
• NIH calls halt to breeding chimps for research. 29 May 2007
• Who really wants to save the apes? 27 Feb 2007
• Vegetable love: the history of vegetarianism. 20 Jan 2007
• Fighting animal rights terrorism. 29 Sep 2006
• The ethics of functional genomics: same, same, but different? 12 Jul 2006
• Pro-tests for biomedical research. 29 Apr 2006
• Demo backs animal lab in Oxford. 28 Feb 2006
• Animal rights protests build. 6 Nov 2005
• Veterinary schools and the profession: a search for bearings in the new century. 13 Oct 2005
• Animal rights extremism crosses the Atlantic. 29 Sep 2005
• Has the harassment act finally found its teeth in the battle against animal rights protestors? 29 Jun 2005
• Animal rights activists who have targeted for harassment and abuse. 29 Nov 2004
• Fears grow about animal rights activists. 3 Oct 2004

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Technical information about 'Animal Rights'

Definition: The moral and ethical bases of the protection of animals from cruelty and abuse. The rights are extended to domestic animals, laboratory animals, and wild animals.

Descriptor UI: D017087

Alternative terms: Animal Rights; Rights, Animal; Speciesism;

Allowable Qualifiers: economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; standards; statistics & numerical data; trends;

Tree Number: I01.880.604.100.100;

Online Note: use ANIMAL WELFARE to search ANIMAL RIGHTS 1986-92 and SPECIESISM 1987-92

History Note: 93; was see ANIMAL WELFARE 1986-92; SPECIESISM was see ANIMAL WELFARE 1987-92

Technical Notes: refers to domestic, laboratory or wild animals; ANIMAL WELFARE is also available