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Animals In British Schools: Legal And Practical Problems, Jennifer Remfry

Education Collection

Well-managed, healthy animals can be useful and beneficial aids to the emotional and intellectual development of young people at the primary and secondary levels of education. In Britain, vertebrate animals are not used in schools for experiments which might cause pain, distress or disease. The laws protecting animals are comprehensive but at present it is the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) which is having the most impact on the keeping of animals in British schools. The practical skills most needed by teachers are in the handling, sexing and humane killing of animals. Training of teachers should include instruction …

No Pain Infliction By Untrained Youths, Christine Stevens

Education Collection

Outlined are the efforts of the Animal Welfare Institute (AWl) for the last twenty-five years to end abuses to animals in high school biology programs. After concluding that the AWl's two brief rules prohibiting painful experimentation were not well understood by students even after years of effort, the AWl adopted the rules of the Canadian science fairs, which are similar to the Westinghouse Talent Search in that they simply prohibit experimentation on vertebrate animals. The presentation includes reference to the AWI manual, "Humane Biology Projects."

Animals In Education: Use Of Animals In High School Biology Classes And Science Fairs, Heather Mcgiffin, Nancie Brownley

ISAP CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

SESSION I-EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES AND EXPERIMENTAL REVIEW

• Objectives of Animal Use in Biology Courses - William V. Mayer
• Student (and Animal) Welfare - Leonard M. Krause
• Learning from Animals: Models for Studying Physiology and Disease - W. jean Dodds
• Reverence for Life: An Ethic for High School Biology Curricula - George K. Russell
• Pain-infliction in Animal Research - Dorothy Tennov

SESSION II-THE USE OF VERTEBRATES IN BIOLOGY CLASSES

• Secondary and Elementary School Use of Live and Preserved Animals - Marvin B. Emmons
• Understanding and Attitudes Derived from the Use of Animals in Schools - Peter J. Kelly
• The Vertebrate Animal in …

Effective Strategies Of Social Protest, Henry Spira

Conference Presentations

On October 31 and November 1, 1979, The Anti-Cruelty Society hosted a conference on laboratory animal usage. It was a unique gathering that included not only humanitarians from near and far, but prominent members of the biomedical community as well.

Day Two of the conference (November 1, 1979) opened with a presentation by Henry Spira. The following is a condensed and edited summary.

Hs News Volume 25, Number 01

HSUS News 1979-88

• President's Perspective: Don't stop now (John A. Hoyt)
• Animals off the shelves at the five and dime
• Take the pledge
• Dog tag art
• Mountain Gorillas face new dangers
• Seals still sacrificed for furs: a fundamental conflict between humanistic concern and economic interests
• Pain, stress, and suffering
• California becomes first state to pass animal rights resolution
• The endangered manatee
• Conference Review: Spreading the Word
• We must be responsible ... (Julian Hopkins)
• A place of grace ... (Roger Caras)
• Animals are moral objects ... (Dr. Bernard Rollin)
• 1979 Krutch Medal Awarded
• Special Krutch Medal awarded to Coleman Burke
• Tightening of science fair …

Animals In Education: The Use Of Animals In High School Biology Classes And Science Fairs, Heather Mcgiffin, Nancie Brownley

ANIMALS IN EDUCATION is the proceedings of the conference, "The Use of Animals in High School Biology Classes and Science Fairs," held September 27-28, 1979 in Washington, D.C. which was sponsored by The Institute for the Study of Animal Problems, 2100 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. in connection with The Myrin Institute for Adult Education, 521 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10021.

Letters To The Editor

International Journal for the Study of Animal Problems

1. Balance in animal welfare
2. Efficacy of furosemide in the equine

Factory Farming, Michael W. Fox

eBooks

The information contained in this booklet will help you understand the methods by which your food animals are raised. These methods have come to be known as factory farming. It will also discuss the incredible magnitude of animal suffering which has resulted from treating animals as nothing more than machines to produce more and more animal protein in these modern factories.

A Background To The Journal And Delineation Of Its Scope And Goals, M. W. Fox, A. N. Rowan

International Journal for the Study of Animal Problems

No abstract provided.

The History And Impact Of Ufaw, W. M. Scott

International Journal for the Study of Animal Problems

No abstract provided.

Toward A Science Of Animal Welfare, F. M. Loew

International Journal for the Study of Animal Problems

No abstract provided.

Legislation And Regulation

International Journal for the Study of Animal Problems

1. Horse Racing and Drug Abuse
2. UK Animal Experimentation

News And Review

International Journal for the Study of Animal Problems

1. Training for standardbreds
2. UK animal experimentation
3. Hens take to grass
4. Sodium and egg production
5. Dairy cow housing systems
6. Inbreeding
7. Mortality in ungulates

Benign Uses Of Wildlife, Victor B. Scheffer

International Journal for the Study of Animal Problems

During the Age of Environmental Awareness, which dawned in the late 1960's, Americans turned to using wild animals more benignly(or in ways harmless both to individuals and populations) and less exploitatively. The evidence includes: new federal legislation reflecting a public shift toward benign uses, growth. of interest in 'nongame' wildlife, growth of interest in wildlife watching (rate of increase in number of camera safaris estimated at 32 % per annum in 7 recent years), growth in membership of animal-interest organizations (rate of increase estimated at 7.7% per annum in 15 recent years), and growth of interest in animal rights. Per …

Livestock Behavior As Related To Handling Facilities Design, Temple Grandin

International Journal for the Study of Animal Problems

A knowledge of the behavior of different species of livestock as we// as different breeds within a particular species is essential to the proper planning of a handling facility. An optimal facility should incorporate features which minimize stress on the animal and maximize the efficiency of movement from holding pen to slaughter area. Handler awareness of the animals' perception of critical distance flight zone and personal space requirements also reduces problems with balkin; and alarm behavior. Many improvements can be made with relative ease, thus enabling already existing facilities to upgrade their operations.

Humaneness Supersedes Curiosity, F. Barbara Orlans

Education Collection

Ethical considerations need to be addressed with respect to educational use of animals. Society extends greater latitude in what is permissible to do to an animal in the name of science to a professional research worker than to a high school student. A balance needs to be made of the significance of the expected experimental results, on the one hand, which the ethical costs, (in terms of pain or death to the animal), on the other. A reasonable boundary can be drawn, based on ethical as well as on practical considerations, to exclude invasive procedures on vertebrate animals in high …

Edging Toward Extinction: The Status Of Wildlife In Latin America, Douglas R. Shane

eBooks

No abstract provided.

Learning From Animals: Models For Studying Physiology And Disease, W. Jean Dodds

Education Collection

Animals can serve as valuable educational tools for elementary and high school students. By teaching young people reverence for all forms of life at an early age, it is possible to instill in them a proper perspective concerning the welfare and humane stewardship of animals. Exemplary subjects include the various aspects of evolutionary and embryological development; normal physiological processes, the mechanisms and pathology of naturally occurring infectious, metabolic, genetic and neoplastic diseases and aging; and an appreciation of the inevitability of death. Such studies can serve as learning models for students because these processes parallel or closely resemble those of …

Student (And Animal) Welfare, Leonard M. Krause

Education Collection

Adolescents exhibit affection for numerous vertebrates and appear to sympathize and to identify with traumas these animals experience. Therapeutic benefits students attach to nurturing and breeding certain vertebrates are evident; destruction of these same creatures produces clearly negative attitudes by students toward the science course and the instructor. "Case histories" documented while teaching high school students working with vertebrates are reviewed and are related to specific techniques (e.g., pithing) utilized by numerous instructors. Motivation, increased attention span, sustained interest, involvement with community issues and other desirable educational goals are demonstrated to be resultants of student involvement with living vertebrates studied …

Secondary And Elementary School Use Of Live And Preserved Animals, Marvin B. Emmons

Education Collection

The broad use of living animals in elementary and junior school programs that are currently in vogue will be discussed as well as their use in biology classrooms at the senior high level. A comparison will be made of the present use of animals in the biology curriculum at the high school level, both living and preserved, with the use levels some ten and fifteen years ago. The implications of wildlife habitat encroachment and subsequent depletion of native species of classic animal models as well as some alternatives will be reviewed.

Fundamental Criteria For Determining The Educational Value Of Live Animal Experimentation In High School Science Fairs, David H. Neil

Education Collection

The author contends that great and very detailed attention to one minuscule facet of experimental animal biology, particularly if it requires the skilled and uniform alteration of a significant number of animals, is of no real educational value to a high school student. This type of work, the necessity for it and the full understanding of its significance to the furtherance of human understanding must be the province only of those who are intellectually prepared. The suggestion is made that projects, which develop a more complete understanding of common and profoundly important elements in life (as we know it), should …

The Challenge And Motivation Of Students Through Live Animal Projects, Thurman S. Grafton

Education Collection

The subject of use of live animals by secondary schools either in classroom work or science fairs is a very controversial and often emotional issue. The author emphasizes the dedication to humane treatment of animals while at the same time explaining the process by which rules have been formulated to provide for the appropriate use of live animals. The difference between permission and mandate is clarified for the purpose of explaining the need to provide for the more effective challenge and motivation of the high achiever while still allowing for more modest undertakings by the average student The perils of …

High School Science Fairs: Evaluation Of Live Animal Experimentation--The Canadian Experience, Harry C. Rowsell

Education Collection

When the Canadian Council on Animal Care was established in 1968, the Council, together with representatives from the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association in concert with the Youth Science Foundation, recognized the importance of well-conceived science fair projects involving live animals. It was recognized as well that poor science encouraged poor attitudes toward the animals involved, as well as a misunderstanding of scientific investigation. Numerous schemes were tried in an effort to ensure development of proper scientific investigational attitudes as well as a respect for living things. These will be discussed, outlining where such schemes failed.

In May, 1975, Regulations for …

Understanding And Attitudes Derived From The Use Of Animals In Schools, Peter J. Kelly

Education Collection

A general review of the variety of activities involving the direct use of animals which are undertaken in secondary schools. An assessment is made of their value (positive and negative) in terms of knowledge and attitudes (including ethics) which are, or might be, derived from them. Alternative methods also are reviewed with an assessment of their value in relation to live animal studies.

Science Youth Activities And Animal Experimentation, E. G. Sherburne Jr.

Education Collection

Science youth activities (extracurricular science activities) involve millions of young people at the elementary and secondary school level. Such activities are popular with young people and with teachers because they offer values different from those provided by classroom work and the required laboratory. National science youth activity programs include science fairs and the International Science and Engineering Fair, the Science Talent Search, and a number of other programs. For activities involving research, animals have been increasingly used because of the increased sophistication of the students doing the work. While some projects using vertebrates may be done poorly, it is suggested …

Shelter Sense Volume 02, Number 06

ShelterSense 1978-92

• Pamphlet power makes better pet owners
• Should ACOs be armed?
• Plan now to attend to Academy
• Model adoption questionnaire
• Model adoption contract
• Workshop
• First, you catch them ...
• Shelter Sense reproducible -- Expressive social responses in the dog
• Choose now -- take home later
• Just Wright: The decade ahead (Phyllis Wright)

Humane Education Happenings Fall 1979

Humane Happenings 1975-81

No abstract provided.

Sightings Of Moose, Deer, And Bears On Roads In Northern Ontario, D. Fraser

Anthropogenics and Population Decline Collection

No abstract provided.

The Meek Don’T Make It, Henry Spira

Commentaries and Editorials

Born 51 years ago in Antwerp, Belgium, Henry Spira ran away from home at 17 to join the Merchant Marine and took his first politics lesson in the National Maritime Union. After the Korean War he worked on a General Motors assembly line in New Jersey. "One thing you learned," Spira said, "is that the meek don't make it." In the late 1950s he first saw animal experiments in a laboratory while working his way through Brooklyn College. He joined the civil rights campaigns in the South and marched against the war in Vietnam, "from beginning to end." Henry Spira …

Hs News Volume 24, Number 04

HSUS News 1979-88

• President's Perspective: Humaneness in action: a heritage for the future (John A. Hoyt)
• Jojoba beans
• Carter notifies HSUS of whale protection action
• Cold weather, cold pet?
• Tellico -1, Snail darter -0
• Before looking for a puppy ...
• Animals in the air
• Don't buy fur
• A breakthrough for the whales (Congressman Paul. N. McCloskey, Jr., California)
• Investigative Report: a report on some of the cases and areas of animal abuse currently under inquiry by The HSUS Department of Field Services and Investigations
• HSUS makes first grants from Alice Morgan Wright -- Edith Goode Fund
• Wild animal "breeding farm" closed in Florida …