Animal welfare Many people are concerned about the ethics

Chapter 6, Problem 6.67

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Animal welfare Many people are concerned about the ethics of experimentation with living animals. Some go as far as to regard any animal experiments as unethical, regardless of the benefi ts to human beings. Briefl y explain your position on each of the following uses of animal subjects. (a) Military doctors use goats that have been deliberately shot (while completely anesthetized) to study and teach the treatment of combat wounds. Assume that there is no equally eff ective way to prepare doctors to treat human wounds. (b) Several states are considering legislation that would end the practice of using cats and dogs from pounds in medical research. Instead, the animals will be killed at the pounds. (c) Th e cancer-causing potential of chemicals is assessed by exposing lab rats to high concentrations. Th e rats are bred for this specifi c purpose. (Would your opinion diff er if dogs or monkeys were used?)