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Student Centers: Veterinary and Medical Schools College and University High School and Middle School Elementary School Veterinary and Medical Schools Don't Want to Harm Animals in Your Education? Every year millions of animals are dissected and vivisected for educational purposes. Cats, fetal pigs, and dogs are just some of the many species used. Although some animals are purchased as dead specimens, many others are subjected to painful and lethal procedures while still alive. These lethal procedures are often called dog labs. Dog labs are used to teach basic physiology and pharmacology. These labs may also be performed on other animals besides dogs. Even though alternatives exist, dog labs are still regularly performed in over half of the 126 U.S. medical schools and in 25 out of the 27 accredited U.S. veterinary medical schools. Click here to read more?> Dog Labs If our hopes are to build a worldwide community of physicians with empathy, care, and concern for their patients, then to completely eradicate the inhumane practice of dog labs which treat companion animals like pedagogical tools with little intrinsic value seems like a logical part of the process. Click here to read more> Educational Memorial Programs Educational Memorial Programs (EMPs) are becoming more prevalent in veterinary medical education, while medical schools are comfortable with using donated cadavers of deceased human beings. For over a century, medical doctors have learned anatomy by using donated cadavers of deceased human beings. Veterinary colleges obtain their cat and dog cadavers in a different ways, which include animal dealers, biological supply companies, breeders, animal shelters, and retired animals from industries such as greyhound racing. Click here to read more> Veterinary Testimonials Many educators chose to provide high quality science education without using animals. Their humane approach to teaching human and veterinary medicine allows students to learn using a combination of teaching methods ranging from multimedia computer simulation to self-testing on themselves and fellow students to observing living animals, performing healing intervention on those who are sick, or using the bodies of others who have died naturally. Click here to read more> U.S. Veterinary Medical Schools Offering Alternatives The following is a compilation of schools that offer alternatives in either some or all of the core or elective courses. For specific details on each school, contact Animalearn. Auburn University Auburn, AL Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO Florida State University Tallahassee, FL Click here to read more> Medical Professional Testimonials Click here to read more> Medical Schools With No Live Animal Laboratories Click here to read more> The Science Bank> Contact Animalearn> College and University Don't Want to Harm Animals in Your Education? You Don't Have To. Every year, millions of animals are dissected or killed in schools and universities on various grade levels. Cats, frogs, fetal pigs, grasshoppers, mink, earthworms, rats, mice, dogs, pigeons, and turtles are just some of the several species used. While most animals are purchased as dead specimens, many are subjected to painful and lethal procedures while still alive. Click here to read more?> Animals in the Classroom There is no need to bring animals into the classroom because the best way to learn about them is to observe them in their natural habitats. By doing this, one can learn many things about their way of life-what they like to eat, how they communicate, and how they move-all just by watching them. Click here to read more> How to Create a Student Choice Policy Unlike secondary and elementary schools, most colleges and universities do not have an overriding school code that is dictated by the state or an overarching governing body. As a result, individual institutions prescribe their own guidelines on issues such as dissection and vivisection in the classroom. Oftentimes, students are at the whims and personal biases of professors or departments, rather than having a policy on which they can rely. Informal dissection policies can change depending on the professor, the department, and the institution. Click here to read more> Colleges and Universities with Student Choice Policies Click here to read more> Colleges and Universities That Allowed Students to Use Alternatives Click here to read more> Steps to Make Your College or University More Humane 1. Start a campus group or club. 2. Define what you would like to see, for example, more vegetarian and vegan food options. When approaching someone, be sure to have specific ideas or recipes on what can be done. In the bookstore, you may want to ask for less leather notebooks/ binders in your bookstore and ask that more cruelty free cosmetics be made available. Be sure to have in mind distributors who can help find what you like. Click here to read more> College and University Student Testimonials Click here to read more> The Science Bank Click here> Contact Animalearn Click here> High School and Middle School Don't Want to Harm Animals in Your Education? You Don't Have To. Every year, millions of animals are dissected (cut up) or killed for classroom dissections and experimentation in elementary, middle, and high schools. Cats, frogs, fetal pigs, rats, mice, dogs, pigeons, and turtles are just some of the many animals used. While some of these animals are bought after they are already dead and then dissected to study their anatomy, some animals are bought and are used in painful procedures (vivisection) while still alive to test their psychological responses to chemical and/or physical manipulations. Click here to read more> Animals in the Classroom There is no need to bring animals into the classroom because the best way to learn about them is to observe them in their natural habitats. By doing this, one can learn many things about their way of life: what they like to eat, how they communicate, and how they move around, just by watching them. Click here to read more> Science Fairs While science fairs are terrific ways for students to display their knowledge of science, they do not need to include live animals. Often, when selecting a topic to study for science fairs, students may be encouraged by teachers to use animals in their projects. These projects can include experiments that involve physical pain or stress, psychological stress, surgical procedures, force-feeding, drug addiction, and/or radiation. Not only do these experiments often cause great harm and suffering to animals, but they are often wasteful of both resources and animal life, and produce little or no new information because they are duplicative of past studies. Click here to read more> 10 Simple Things You Can Do To Help Animals! 1. Say "No" to dissection! Every student from kindergarten through college has the right to choose an alternative to dissection. By speaking out about this issue, you are taking a stand for the animals as well as expressing your own right to freedom of expression. 2. Say "No" to animal experimentation! Let your teacher know that you have an ethical objection to animal experimentation in your classroom. There are plenty of alternatives that you can use instead of harming an animal. Click here to read more> How to Create a Student Choice Policy 1. Speak to a teacher who is part of your biology department and who knows about the curriculum being followed. Ask if there is a policy that already exists, and if so, make sure that the policy is easily accessible. Since you had to ask, it is likely the policy is not well-known. 2. Try to form a group at your high school. Inquire at your main office if there are benefits to having an official club on campus. Find out what the benefits are, and decide if you would like to organize an official group. Go through the steps you need in order to become a recognized club at your school. Click here to read more> High School and Middle School Student Testimonials Click here> Choice Laws and Legislation (K-12) There are currently nine states that have Students' Rights Choice Laws (link to write ups about laws, in "Section 3 Dissecting Dissection"), which state that students have the right to choose an alternative to dissection. These states are California, Florida, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Virginia, and Oregon. Louisiana, Maine, and Maryland offer informal policies, while similar legislation is pending in Massachusetts and Michigan. Individual students have inspired the development of these student rights laws through their own actions. Click here to read more> The Science Bank Click here> Contact Animalearn Click here> Elementary School Don't Want to Harm Animals in Your Education? Every year, millions of animals are dissected (cut up) or killed for classroom dissections and experimentation in elementary, middle, and high schools. Cats, frogs, fetal pigs, rats, mice, dogs, pigeons, and turtles are just some of the many animals used. While some of these animals are bought after they are already dead and then dissected to study their anatomy, some animals are bought and used in painful procedures (vivisection) while still alive to test different reactions to different substances. Click here to read more> Animals in the Classroom There is no need to bring animals into the classroom, because the best way to learn about animals is to observe them in their natural habitat. This way, we can learn many things about their way of life: what they like to eat, how they communicate, and how they move around; just by watching them. Click here to read more> Science Fairs While science fairs are terrific ways for students to display their knowledge of science, they do not need to include live animals. Often, when selecting a topic to study for science fairs, students may be encouraged by teachers to use animals in their projects. These projects can include experiments that involve physical pain or stress, psychological stress, surgical procedures, force-feeding, drug addiction, and/or radiation. Click here to read more> 10 Simple Things You Can Do To Help Animals! 1. Say "No" to dissection! ! Every student from kindergarten through college has the right to choose an alternative to dissection. By speaking out about this issue, you are taking a stand for the animals as well as expressing your own right to freedom of expression. 2. Voice your objections early! You must tell your teacher that you have ethical objections to dissection as soon as you are made aware that dissections are part of your coursework. Click here to read more> Choice Laws and Legislation (K-12) There are currently nine states that have Students' Rights Laws, which state that students have the right to choose an alternative to dissection. These states are California, Florida, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Virginia, and Oregon. Louisiana, Maine, and Maryland offer informal policies, while similar legislation is pending in Massachusetts and Michigan. Individual students have inspired the development of these student rights laws through their own actions. Click here to read more> Animalearn Programs Would you like to educate your classmates about being kind to animals? Animalearn has humane education programs that are terrific for the elementary and middle school classroom. We offer programs based on the Next of Kin curriculum, or programs specifically tailored to your classroom needs. Click here to read more> The Science Bank Click here> Contact Animalearn Click here> |
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