UNSPECIFIED (1995) RAISING THE PROFILE OF WELFARE - SCIENTISTS AND THEIR USE OF ANIMALS. ANTHROZOOS, 8 (2). pp. 90-99. ISSN 0892-7936

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

This paper looks at the attitudes that scientists hold toward their use of animals, and at some implications for the welfare of laboratory animals. The framework for this analysis is recent changes in the law regulating the use of animals in British science. We note how ambivalent many scientists are about the way they perceive the animals they use, and the moral dilemmas such use poses. We argue, however, that the legislation itself cannot mediate improvements in animal welfare, as it is inevitably policed by the scientific community itself and thus dependent upon values and social relationships within science. We also argue that debates about the promotion of lab animals' welfare tend to use the distancing stance of science; they focus on scientific studies of welfare and behavior, but ignore the context. An important part of that contact is the relationships between humans and animals in the lab, which should be taken into account more fully if animals are to benefit.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences S Agriculture > SF Animal culture
Journal or Publication Title:	ANTHROZOOS
Publisher:	DELTA SOCIETY
ISSN:	0892-7936
Date:	1995
Volume:	8
Number:	2
Number of Pages:	10
Page Range:	pp. 90-99
Publication Status:	Published
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/19486

Data sourced from Thomson Reuters' Web of Knowledge

Request changes to a record

Actions (login required)

View Item