Since the recent Manifesto for the Evolution of Animals’ Legal Status in the Civil Code of Quebec (see our post here) that has been supported by more than 29,000 signatures in two weeks only, three philosophers argue that legal personhood, and not the creation of a middle category between things and persons, is the solution for the moral respect of animals. One of the signatories is a member of Queen’s Animal Defence.
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University of California Schools Charged with Multiple Violations of the Animal Welfare Act
As noted in a previous blog (see “The Use of Monkeys at Harvard University”), Queen’s, and other Canadian universities are not obliged to release any information about violations of animal welfare laws, in part because they are exempt from animal cruelty legislation, and operate under a voluntary code of conduct. We don’t know what experiments are being carried out on animals at Queen’s, and the Canadian Council on Animal Care, a pro animal research body which monitors research in universities, employs a completely secretive process in which violations by Queen’s of the voluntary animal welfare guidelines are never revealed.
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Mounting Opposition to Vivisection
Mounting Opposition to Vivisection
Recent Gallup Polls in the US show dropping support overall for the practice of medical research using animals, with some interesting gender, age and education gaps. Too bad we don’t have similar opinion data for Canada.
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