Animal Rights
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

[Bioethics and biomedical experiment evolution from Alkmaion to Pavlov. Dedicated to 160 years since I.P. Pavlov's birthday]

29 Jun 2009 Ethic aspects of biomedical experiment evolution from Alkmaion to Pavlov, are analysed. The history of reflexes in the paradigm of mechanitsism and antropomorphism is reinterpreted. It is emphasized that animal life and their behaviour exceed the ... Read more...

Different views on ethics: how animal ethics is situated in a committee culture.

30 Mar 2009 Research that includes non-human animal experimentation is fundamentally a dilemmatic enterprise. Humans use other animals in research to improve life for their own species. Ethical principles are established to deal with this dilemma. But despite ... Read more...

Regulatory issues in xenotransplantation: recent developments.

30 Mar 2009 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This article reviews recent literature on regulatory issues of xenotransplantation, focusing primarily on current progress with transplantation of pancreatic islets for diabetic patients. The need for a global system that connects ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Animal Rights'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Animal rights terrorists: what every neuroscientist should know. 14 Sep 2009
• We must face the threats. 14 Sep 2009
• Enough is enough. 30 Aug 2009
• The science and ethics of primate research. 20 Aug 2009
• The yellow cow. 30 Jul 2009
• End to whaling ban? 2 Jul 2009
• [Bioethics and biomedical experiment evolution from Alkmaion to Pavlov. Dedicated to 160 years since I.P. Pavlov's birthday] 29 Jun 2009
• Green light signals caution for primate research. 4 Jun 2009
• Combating animal rights extremism. 30 May 2009
• Marching for science. 29 Apr 2009
• Science and society. Hundreds gather for rally to defend animal research. 29 Apr 2009
• Bomb spurs research rally. Interview by Rex Dalton. 14 Apr 2009
• Different views on ethics: how animal ethics is situated in a committee culture. 30 Mar 2009
• Regulatory issues in xenotransplantation: recent developments. 30 Mar 2009
• An ethicist's commentary on religion and animal ethics. 30 Mar 2009
• [Rituals and ethics; ritual slaughter or humane killing?] 13 Mar 2009
• The veterinarian's responsibility to recognize and report animal abuse. 13 Mar 2009
• Against vicious activism. 3 Feb 2009
• Animal experimentation--a personal view. 30 Jan 2009
• The ecological ethics framework: finding our way in the ethical labyrinth of nature conservation. Commentary on "Using an ecological ethics framework to make decisions about relocating wildlife". 3 Nov 2008

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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