vivisections
Cutting open living
Vivisections are surgical operations performed on living animals for experimental or research purposes, typically to study physiological processes or test medical treatments.
The term carries strong negative connotations and is used especially by those who oppose the practice on ethical grounds.
By extension, vivisection can describe any ruthlessly thorough analysis or examination: The critic's vivisection of the novel left nothing unexamined.
Moral claims for fauna
- crueltyDeliberate harm-causing disposition
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- bioethicsMoral philosophy for medicine
consent · humane treatment · welfare · sentience · pain · exploitation · speciesism · consciousness
Invasive medical procedure
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- operating tableSurgical procedure surface
tissue · organs · specimen · laboratory · experiment · biopsy · physiological · anatomical
Public expression of disapproval
- activismDirect effort for reform
- banOfficial restriction on something
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- PETAAnimal welfare advocacy group
regulation · public outcry · campaign · boycott · opposition · demonstration · lobbying · moratorium
Systematic fact-finding effort
- physiologyScience of bodily functions
- pharmacologyStudy of drug actions
- toxicologyScience of poisons
- medical testingExaminations to assess health
drug development · Claude Bernard · pathology · experimental · clinical trial · vaccine testing · organ system · scientific method
animal rights
Moral claims for fauna
- crueltyDeliberate harm-causing disposition
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- moralityRight and wrong principles
bioethics · consent · humane treatment · welfare · sentience · pain · exploitation · speciesism · consciousness · replacement
surgery
Invasive medical procedure
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
operating table · tissue · organs · specimen · laboratory · experiment · biopsy · physiological · anatomical · restraint
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- activismDirect effort for reform
- banOfficial restriction on something
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
PETA · regulation · public outcry · campaign · boycott · opposition · demonstration · lobbying · moratorium · antivivisection
research
Systematic fact-finding effort
- physiologyScience of bodily functions
- pharmacologyStudy of drug actions
- toxicologyScience of poisons
medical testing · drug development · Claude Bernard · pathology · experimental · clinical trial · vaccine testing · organ system · scientific method · laboratory animal
vivisectionsobservations
Noted perceptions
non-invasive imaging · behavioral studies · field studies · CT scans · field observations
vivisectionshumane treatment
Kind consideration for welfare
animal welfare · conservation · animal liberation · ethical research · compassionate care