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ANIMAL RIGHTS A Reference Handbook Clifford J. Sherry, Ph.D. CONTEMPORARY WORLD ISSUES Santa Barbara, California Denver, Colorado Oxford, England

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title	:	Animal Rights : A Reference Handbook Contemporary World Issues
author	:	Sherry, Clifford J.
publisher	:	ABC-CLIO
isbn10 | asin	:	0874367336
print isbn13	:	9780874367331
ebook isbn13	:	9780585000299
language	:	English
subject	Animal rights--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc, Animal welfare--Law and legislation--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
publication date	:	1994
lcc	:	HV4764.S5 1994eb
ddc	:	179/.3
subject	:	Animal rights--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc, Animal welfare--Law and legislation--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Page iv Copyright 1994 by Clifford J. Sherry All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sherry, Clifford J. Animal Rights: a reference handbook / Clifford J. Sherry p. cm.(Contemporary world issues) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Animal rightsUnited StatesHandbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Animal welfareLaw and legislationUnited StatesHandbooks, manuals, etc. I. Title. II. Series. HV4764.S5 1994 179'.3dc20 94-7168 ISBN 0-87436-733-6 00 99 98 97 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 ABC-CLIO, Inc. 130 Cremona Drive, P.O. Box 1911 Santa Barbara, California 93116-1911 This book is printed on acid-free paper 8. Manufactured in the United States of America

Page v To my wife, Nancy C. Sherry, who is my partner and best friend, and whose love I cherish most dearly

Page vii Contents Preface xi Acknowledgments xvii 1 Overview 1 Defining the Idea of Rights 3 Philosophical Basis of Animal Rights 3 Statistical Profile of Animal Uses 6 Animal Research: Pros and Cons 7 The Example of Epilepsy Research 8 The Tuskegee Experiment 11 How Surgeons Learn Surgery 12 The Education of Neurobiologists 12 Testing Potentially Dangerous Substances 15 Environmental Chemicals/Agents 15 Food Additives 17 Preclinical Drug Trials 17 Clinical Drug Trials 19 Vaccine Development 21 The Thalidomide Crisis 22 The Literature Search 24 Designing the Experiment 25 Defending the Protocol 27 Funding the Experiment 28 Defining the Experience of Pain 32 Theories of Pain Perception 35 Pain in Nonhuman Animals 36

Page viii What Is Acceptable Pain? 38 Conclusion 40 2 Chronology 43 3 Biographical Sketches 55 4 Animal Rights Litigation 63 The Carey Brain-Damage Experiment 64 PETA Goes Undercover 65 Title 9 Lawsuits 67 5 Federal Legislation in the United States 73 Overview of Laws on Animal Rights 73 Significant Animal Rights Acts 74 Related State Legislation 81 6 Organizations 83

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