Its the Law
How many of the AWA´s animals were used for testing in 2010?
1,134,693
What is the purpose of testing it on animals first?
To see if it is safe for humans and find out how much toxicity it has.
What does USDA stand for?
The U.S. Department of Agriculture
What roman philosopher in the 2nd century dissected living animals to see how living organisms worked.
A) Pepper
B) William Harvey
C) Galen
C) Galen
Why did some people think that The U.S. National Institutes of Health retiring their chimpanzees would have a negative impact?
Some people said the decision would have a negative impact on the development of critical vaccines and treatments.
How many animals are used for scientific experiments a year.
About 26,000,000
What does the FDA require before the medications can be tested on humans?
It has to be tested on at least two different species.
What does AWA stand for?
Animal welfare act
What helped the anti-vivisection grow?
People started adopting pets.
What Australian philosopher published ¨Animal Liberation¨in 1975
A) William Russell
B) Peter Singer
C) Galen
B) Peter Singer
Who is Pepper?
A dog that was kidnapped and sold into experimentation.
What was the difference between the people who said it was not wrong in 2001 compared to the people who said it was not wrong in 2013?
In a 2013 Gallup poll found that 56 percent of Americans said medical testing on animals was morally acceptable, down from 65 percent in 2001.
What does APHIS stand for?
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
What year was the first found sign of animal testing in.
500 B.C. written in ancient Greek.
What is the assumption that humans are superior to other species called
Speciesism
What is the AWA definition of an ¨animal¨
Any live or dead dog, cat, monkey, guinea pig, hamster, rabbit, or such other warm-blooded animal.
who is more likely to accept animal testing
A) younger people
B) Older people
C) everyone does not matter the age
B) Older people
47 percent of people aged 18 to 34 but 61 percent of people aged 55 and older say it is morally acceptable.
What does the FDA stand for?
The Food and Drug Administration
what was the group that formed in 1875
A) Animal welfare act
B) the Society for the Protection of Animals Liable to Vivisection
C) Animal Liberation
D) Great Britain's Cruelty to Animals Act of 1876.
B) the Society for the Protection of Animals Liable to Vivisection
What group suggested testing on cells instead of animals?
National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences
Where were the photographs of the monkeys eating at their own flesh taken.
The Institute for Biological Research in Silver Spring, Maryland
What are the three Rs?
Replacement, Reduction, and Refinement.
What does PETA stand for
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
Who figured out that the lungs circulated blood through the bodies and not the lungs?
William Harvey
What year did the European Union ban all importing and selling of products that have been tested on animals?
2013