Animal Experimentation: Cruelty or Science? (Issues in Focus) [Hardcover]

Nancy Day (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2000 | Age Level: 11 and up | Grade Level: 6 and up | Series: Issues in Focus

Discusses issues surrounding animal experimentation, including animal rights, medical breakthroughs, and alternatives to animal experimentaion.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Gr 7-9-Day has done a commendable job of presenting a well-balanced discussion. This edition has the same chapter headings and basically the same text as the 1994 title, but includes information about new regulations and legislation concerning product testing and recent bans on experimentation using humans and human embryos. Some of the black-and-white photographs are new to this edition and the overall reproduction has been improved. A section has been added on the use of nonhuman animal tissues and organs for transplants and the cloning of animals. Recognition of changing attitudes is reflected in the introduction of animal law into law-school curricula and research efforts of some universities seeking alternatives to animal experimentation. Extensive footnotes and a newly added list of Internet sites round out this well-researched and informative presentation. Geraldine Woods's Animal Experimentation and Testing (Enslow, 1999) and David M. Haugen's Animal Experimentation (Greenhaven, 2000) are also good choices.-Cynthia M. Sturgis, Ledding Library, Milwaukie, OR

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From Booklist

Gr. 7-12. Are laboratory experiments on animals a cruel and unnecessary procedure, or a vital part of medical research? This Issues in Focus title tackles a thorny question. Day describes the typical uses for experiments: basic research about biological systems; training for surgeons; and testing for new drugs and other products. "Virtually every advance in medical science in the 20th century . . . has been achieved . . . through the use of animals in laboratory experiments," an AMA White Paper notes. Animal-rights and animal-welfare activists disagree, holding that animal suffering is unconscionable and that many of the experiments can be replaced by other tests. Day offers a wealth of information both pro and con experimentation. Chapters on the history of experimentation, human medical experiments, and some possible alternatives to animal testing--including cell culture research and computer programs that simulate biological processes--round out the book nicely. Black-and-white photos accompany the generally smooth, although sometimes repetitive, text. Students interested in the subject and those needing information for reports will find the book useful. Glossary; notes; bibliography. Anne O'Malley --This text refers to the Library Binding edition.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 11 and up
  
• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Enslow Publishers; Revised edition (January 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0766012441
• ISBN-13: 978-0766012448
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,213,846 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #44 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Philosophy

More About the Author

Nancy Day (Sakaduski) is the author of more than 100 articles and 15 books. Nancy has a B.A. in Communications from the University of Maryland and an Executive M.B.A. from Loyola College. She currently resides in Chadds Ford, PA, where she is working on the third edition of Scientific English (as co-author).

Nancy is President of Sakaduski Marketing Solutions, Inc., a consulting firm that works with companies in the dental industry.

In addition to her business and writing activities, Nancy is heavily involved in community service. She is the Chester County Master Gardener Coordinator;
serves on the Board of Directors and is Vice President of the Center for the Creative Arts, an arts center in Yorklyn Delaware; is a member of the Resource Development Committee for 4-H Creating Community Networks, an organization that provides outreach services in at-risk neighborhoods; and is on the Board of Directors of the Sanderson Museum in Chadds Ford.

AWARDS: Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Award for Nonfiction, 1995, for article "Mapping the Mind"; Best Social Studies Book of the Year designation from Society of School Librarians International, 2003 CALIFORNIA COLLECTION.