Animals介绍概要1.ppt

Guide Dog Police Dog Guide dogs are trained to provide guides and helps for the blind people. They usually have a calm nature and never attack humans. Police dogs are a kind of working dogs that help the police perform some search tasks. They have special senses that far excel those of the human race. ③ Assistants ④ Subjects in Experimentations Animal experimentation is a kind of scientific research based on animals to gain the new knowledge about biology or medical science. In most cases, people take mice into different experiments. Rabbits can be used for the research of anatomy and pathology. Fruit flies are used for genetics and bats are used for bionics. The number of animals used in experiments in the UK Year Amount 2000 2,644,000 2010 3,805,000 2011 3,900,000 2012 4,110,000 2013 4,120,000 PART 02 3Rs in Animal Testing Virtually every medical achievement in the 20th century relied on the use of animals in some way. ——the British?Royal Society Dolly the sheep Experimenting on animals PART 02 I 1 2 3 The importance of animal testing To develop new medicines and find a cure for a disease. It’s morally wrong to test on humans before a drug passes the animal tests. Animals are better substitutes for humans than computer models Ethical problems in animal testing In 1997 Dr Jay Vacanti and his team grew an ear on the back of a mouse, causing outrage among animal rights and pro-life groups. Animals are beings with beliefs and desires, and as such are the subjects of a life with moral value and therefore moral rights. ——Tom Regan Medical Progress v.s. Animal Rights We can grow the organs from the stem cells of animals. It may one day be possible to grow a liver Great significance! 01 02 03 Reduction Reducing the number of animals used in experiments by: Improving experimental techniques … Refining the experiment or the way the animals are cared for so as to reduce their suffering by: Using less invasive techniques … Replacing experiments on anim