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This is the Animal Rights page. Yay. =    D

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    **Sociologist: Sana Lawyer: Melissa** Motavelli, Jim. "Rights From Wrongs." __SIRS Knowledge Source__. 22 May 2008 . okay, so i'm having trouble accessing the articles from home, but I have first free tomorrow so I PROMISE it'll be up on this wiki by the end of first period. sorry to let you down.

Every year millions of animals are cut open, given injections, and left in steel cages with no food for long periods of time, all for what scientists think is for the benefit of humans and scientific research. However, a recent study shows that most animals don't even react to the products and treatments which are tested on them the same way the humans do. This means that the testing doen on animals is not only inhumane; it is inaccureate, expensive, and time consuming. If we only used our new technological advances which solve all of these issues, we could have much better medicine and products. Educator: Emmy 1). Do you think animal testing is sucessful? Why or why not? 2). What do you think alternatives to animal testing are? 3). Do you think animal testing is morally right? Why or why not? 4). If you knew it would save someone you loved, would you support testing on animals? Why or why not? 5). Would you support animal testing if we were talking about //your// pet? Explain. 6). If you suppport animal testing, would you say that a human life is worth more than an animal life? Explain. If you are against animal testing, would you say that an animal life is worth equal to that of a human life? Explain.**
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__ **Bibliography:** "Animal Experiments."__ BBC__. 17 Aug. 2004. 21 May 2008 <[|http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/animalexperiments/>.] "Animal Testing." PETA. 2008. 28 May 2008 <[|http://www.peta.org>.] "The Beginnings: Laboratory and Animal Studies". FDA: US Food and Drug Administration. 5/25/08 <[|http://www.fda.gov/fdac/special/testtubetopatient/studies.html>.] Driscoll, Sally. "Animal Experimentation: an Overview." Points of View: Animal Experimentation 2007: 1. EBSCO. 28 May 2008 <[|http://web.ebscohost.com/>.] "IAMS cruelty ". PETA. 5/29/08 <[|www.Iamscruelty.com] >. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. "A guide to Kind Living ". PETA. 5/29/08 <[|http://www.caringconsumer.com/pdfs/companiesDoTest.pdf>.] "Point: Medical Experiments: Key to Life." Points of View: Animal Experimentation 2007: 2. EBSCO. 28 May 2008 <[|http://web.ebscohost.com/>.] "Science and Nature Hot Topics". BBC News. 5/25/08 <[|http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/animalexperiments/alternatives.shtml>.] Wright, George. "Counterpoint: Cruelty: Motives are Irrelevant." Points of View: Animal Experimentation 2007: 3. EBSCO. 28 May 2008 <[|http://web.ebscohost.com/>.]

Web Evaluations:

Sana: The website I chose to evaluate is the official PETA website, [|www.peta.org]. It is a website for an organization to protect animal rights. Being a well-known organization for that reason, the information I received was very biased towards to the side against animal testing, and had absolutely no information supporting it. However, the information given could be persuasive to one who does not know much about animal testing, and with this negative information, could be persuaded to take the negative side. While this could be very unhelpful for any other role, this was very helpful for me, a sociologist, as it shows information and opinons for an extreme end of the spectrum that is the opinion of animal testing. If it was simply a regular student looking for an unbiased, general website for animal testing, I would not recommend this.

Melissa:__ The article "Rights from Wrongs" by Jim Motavelli was written in 2003. It is an article pulled from E/The environmental magazine. It describes a few laws passed for animal rights, then goes into a few cases about animal rights in court. It also shows all sorts of opinions on animal rights. The article presents both facts and opinions, but since it provides both opinions it does not appear biased. The article comes from a database used and recommended by Conestoga High School, so it is accurate. I would highly reccommend this site to other students because it gives viewpoints and laws and poses questions about animal rights.

Beth:

Emmy: The website I chose was the website of BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation). The author's name is not given. The specific page I was looking at was last updated August 17, 2004; however, the website itself, being a news site, is updated daily. The website is a news and informational website. It does not appear biased as it gives pros and cons of the issue of animal testing. It also gives background information which helps the reader better understand the pros and cons. As the educator, this website was extremely helpful. I was able to look at some questions that I could use for discussion, and have in mind some types of answers. I would recommend it for the use of another student because it fairly presents both sides of an important issue in a manner that is easy to understand.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">     <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #a74dea; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #90ea2e; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #a74dea; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #90ea2e; TEXT-ALIGN: center">