Sunday, November 11, 2007

Annotated Bib Intro

The main research question that guides this research project is: What are the ethical considerations dealing with animal testing and what kinds of rights should and do animals possess? I am writing this paper for those who are seeking a profession in the chemist field, doing studies in the laboratory on animals, similarly done for large companies and manufacturers. The sources I have gathered will most likely surprise them in the sense that there are many groups and organizations out there who are fighting for the "liberation" of these animals along with defining the ethical boundaries of such a practice. Most experimenters do not consider the rights and lives of the animals, but the sources I have found will open up their eyes and show them the whole other side.

The sources I have consulted are, for the most part, against animal testing and are for making new laws and regulations to prohibit, or at least moderate animal testing. The sources all pretty much come to a general concensus that animal testing is a bad practice and animals deserve more rights than what is already given to them. The body of my research paper will focus on those who are fighting for the rights of animals and where the lines are drawn around the ethical boundaries. There is still yet to be a source that shows support to such a thing. I will depict the outcomes of such organizations against animal testing to make others aware of what is happening around the world and hopefully one day stop this animal cruelty.

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