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Title: CONTROVERSIES%20AND%20ETHICS%20OF%20ANIMAL%20TESTING:%20%20EMERGING%20ISSUES%20%20AND%20NEW%20CHALLENGES


1
CONTROVERSIES AND ETHICS OF ANIMAL TESTING
EMERGING ISSUES AND NEW CHALLENGES
  • By
  • Prof. Dr. P. V. S. KISHORE, Ph.D., FNAVS, FIAVA
  • Professor Head
  • Department of Veterinary Anatomy
  • SV Veterinary University, INDIA

2
ANIMAL TESTINGHIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE
UNIQUE TO MODERN SCIENCE
  • FAVOUR
  • ACADEMICIANS
  • RESEARCHERS
  • --------------------------------------------------
    --------------------------------------------------
  • CONTROVERSIES
  • AGAINST
  • ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
  • --------------------------------------------------
    ---------------------------------------
  • ETHICS

3
ACADEMICIANS RESEARCHERS
  • SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGHS
  • ANTIBIOTICS, DRUGS, VACCINES
  • MEDICAL PROCEDURES, TOXICOLOGY
  • XENO TRANSPANTATION OF ORGANS
  • SAVED HUMAN LIVES

4
ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
  • REPEATED PROTESTS
  • DECISION MAKING ABILITY
  • AVOID / MINIMIZE EXPERIMENTATION
  • CONSEQUENTIALIST JUSTIFICATION
  • (comparing the moral consequences of an
    experiment DOING or NOT DOING)

5
. CONTROVERSIES. ETHICS
  • . EMERGING ISSUES
  • . NEW CHALLENGES

6
CONTROVERSIES
  • PAIN, SUFFERING, DISCOMFORT
  • PAIN RELIEVER MAY INTERACT WITH DRUG
  • IRRATIONAL ABUSE
  • UNNECESSARY REPLICATIONS
  • INDISCRIMINATE NUMBER

7
ETHICS
  • MORAL STATUS - (HUMANS ANIMALS)
  • SPECIESISM (like racism) (inflicting pain on
    human/animal is equally wrong)
  • ETHICAL SELF-EXAMINATION
  • (self-analysis of one's own personal and
    scientific motives)
  • ETHICAL REVIEWS AUDIT

8
EMERGING ISSUES
  • METABOLIC TESTS
  • TOXICITY TESTS
  • EFFICACY TESTS
  • CARCINOGENIC TESTS
  • LD 50 TOXICITY TEST BANNED

9
EMERGING ISSUES
  • PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT, 1960
  • WILDLIFE PROTECTION ACT, 1972
  • UGC GUIDELINES 2011 DISCONTINUATION OF DISSECTION
    AND EXPERIMENTS ON LIVE ANIMALS IN A PHASED
    MANNER
  • MOEF GUIDELINES 2012
  • NGOS - PFA, PETA, SPCA etc

10
NEW CHALLENGES
  • ALTERNATE MODES FOR DISSECTION AND
    EXPERIMENTATION
  • DIGITAL / PLASTINATED SPECIMENS
  • DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVES TO USE OF ANIMALS IN
    PG EDUCATION

11
4 Rs
  • RUSSELL BURCH - 1959
  • REDUCTION
  • REFINEMENT
  • REPLACEMENT
  • REHABILITATION

12
ALTERNATIVES
  • CDs, COMPUTER SIMULATIONS,
  • MANNEKIN / MODEL, INVITRO METHODS
  • AUTOPSY, EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES,
  • TISSUE CULTURES, IN SILICO TESTS
  • COMPUTERS ARE UNABLE TO MODEL ALL INTERACTIONS
    MAKING ANIMAL RESEARCH NECESSARY IN MANY AREAS

13
REMEDIES
  • ONLY MEDICINAL PURPOSES
  • NO COSMETICS TESTING
  • JUSTIFIED CIRCUMSTANCES
  • UNNECESSORY SACRIFICE
  • BEST EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS
  • EUTHANASIA

14
COSMETICS
  • TESTING BANNED IN EUROPE
  • LEAPING BUNNY LOGO
  • OTHER AREAS
  • LEATHER Vs JUTE BAGS
  • NON VEG / VEG / VEAGEN

15
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  • FOCUSSED CRITICAL THINKING
  • IS AND WILL BE AN ONGOING PROCESS
  • CHANGING ATTITUDES OF PEOPLE
  • MORAL STRESS - EUTHANASIA
  • CLEAR ALL ETHICAL DILEMMAS
  • BROADER PERSPECTIVE
  • HOLISTIC APPROACH

16
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  • SCIENTIFIC BASIS
  • ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS, REGULATIONS
  • STRICT ANIMAL ETHICS COMMITTEES
  • NON SCIENTIFIC SOCIAL MEMBER
  • TRANSPARENCY

17
CONCLUSION
  • NECESSARY EVIL
  • INDISPENSIBLE
  • INEVITABLE
  • HELPFUL FOR FURTHERING MEDICAL SCIENCE

18
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  • INITIALLY ON HUMANS
  • HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
  • ANIMALS
  • ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
  • HUMANS AGAIN (WITH CONSENT)
  • ? ? ? ?

19
pvskishore_1963_at_yahoo.com
THANQ
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