vivisectionists
Animal surgery researchers
Vivisectionists are people who perform or advocate for vivisection—surgical experimentation on living animals for scientific research.
The term appears most often in debates over animal rights, where opponents use it pejoratively: The protesters confronted the vivisectionists outside the laboratory.
Those who conduct such research rarely call themselves vivisectionists, preferring neutral terms like researchers or scientists.
Anatomical cutting and examination
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- vivariumEnclosure for living specimens
- animal testingExperiments on living creatures
biomedicine · pharmacology · surgery · pathology · histology · neuroscience · toxicology · physiology
Opposition to animal surgery research
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- activismDirect effort for reform
- animal rightsMoral claims for fauna
- PETAAnimal welfare advocacy group
ALF · cruelty-free · boycott · advocacy · legislation · abolition · outcry · dissent
Studies how bodies function
- anatomistStudies body structure
- researcherOne who studies systematically
- experimenterOne who tests hypotheses
- dissectorOne who cuts apart
pathologist · pharmacologist · toxicologist · immunologist · neuroscientist · surgeon · biologist · histologist
Callously causing suffering
- barbaricSavagely cruel, uncivilized
- brutalSavagely harsh or severe
- callousCruelly insensitive to others
- mercilessShowing no clemency
suffering · pain · torture · heartless · unfeeling · pitiless · savage · ruthless
Moral philosophy for medicine
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- dilemmaForced choice between undesirables
- utilitarianismGreatest-happiness moral theory
- consequentialismEthics judging by results
animal welfare · informed consent · research ethics · moral reasoning · three Rs · speciesism · sentience · suffering
dissection
Anatomical cutting and examination
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- vivariumEnclosure for living specimens
animal testing · biomedicine · pharmacology · surgery · pathology · histology · neuroscience · toxicology · physiology · anatomy
antivivisection
Opposition to animal surgery research
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- activismDirect effort for reform
- animal rightsMoral claims for fauna
PETA · ALF · cruelty-free · boycott · advocacy · legislation · abolition · outcry · dissent · campaign
physiologist
Studies how bodies function
- anatomistStudies body structure
- researcherOne who studies systematically
- experimenterOne who tests hypotheses
dissector · pathologist · pharmacologist · toxicologist · immunologist · neuroscientist · surgeon · biologist · histologist · Claude Bernard
inhumane
Callously causing suffering
- barbaricSavagely cruel, uncivilized
- brutalSavagely harsh or severe
- callousCruelly insensitive to others
merciless · suffering · pain · torture · heartless · unfeeling · pitiless · savage · ruthless · agony
bioethics
Moral philosophy for medicine
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- dilemmaForced choice between undesirables
- utilitarianismGreatest-happiness moral theory
consequentialism · animal welfare · informed consent · research ethics · moral reasoning · three Rs · speciesism · sentience · suffering · justification
vivisectionistsanimal rights activists
Advocates for creature welfare
vivisectionistshumanitarians
Those who promote welfare
animal rescuers · wildlife conservationists · veterinarians · conservationists