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A 5 page research paper that examines legal issues pertaining to testing and experimentation on animals. The writer explores the legal victories won by animal rights activists in recent years. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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and care -- yes -- but to grant animals rights seemed too extreme. After spending an afternoon with Panbanisha, a 14-year-old bonobo (pygmy chimpanzee) and her one-year-old baby and communicating
with Panbanisha via a computer, Cohen is not so sure anymore (2000). For years, animal rights activist groups have argued that it is ethically wrong to experiment on animals or
use animals for product testing. Their position, which was once considered radical, is gaining wide acceptance and winning legal precedents. In 1999 both Harvard and Georgetown Law Schools began
teaching new courses in animal rights law (Cohen, 2000). As this suggests, two of the most prestigious law schools in the country are taking the topic of animal rights very
seriously. Under both US and British law, animals have always been classified as property. However, according to Steven Wise, who teaches the Harvard animal rights law course, this premise is
being challenged (Cohen, 2000). Wise argues that the entire premise of human superiority to the animal kingdom has no intellectual foundation. "Darwin," says Wise, "showed that the world was created
in a far more random way (than is described by religion) and that humans are not superior to anything by divine decree" (Cohen, 2000, p. 58). Animal rights activist
groups, such as PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), have won some legal battles. Germany has changed its constitution in order to guarantee certain rights for animals, making
it the first European nation to take this step (Dawson, 2002). According to Frankie Trull, president of the National Association for Biomedical Research, animal rights trends generally start in Europe
and then shift to the US (Dawson, 2002). Representatives for the biomedical research community warn that this trend could have serious repercussions. Stephen Michael, vice president of Policy Directions Inc,
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