How shelter pets are brokered for experimentation : understanding pound seizure / Allie Phillips.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillips, Allie, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal welfare--Moral and ethical aspects.

Animal welfare.

Animal shelters.

Laboratory animals.

Physical Description:

x, 238 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2010]

Summary:

Back in the 1940s, the practice referred to as pound seizures became a common practice in taxpayer-funded animal shelters across the country. Whether for cosmetic testing, human or animal drug testing, medical technique and tool testing, or biochemical testing, these once-family pets are subjected to experimentation that often ends in death. While many states fail to keep accurate data, the number of pets that become victims of pound seizure easily reaches the thousands and though most citizens are unaware of the practice, it may very well be happening at their local animal shelter. -- Publisher.

Contents:

A terrible discovery

What is pound seizure?

Laws and legislation on pound seizure

Betrayal of trust

Exposing dealers that violate the law

Experiments on random source animals

Alternatives to animal research

The victims of pound seizure

Voices of the research community

Shelters and pound seizure

Voices of the advocates to stop pound seizure

Advocacy techniques

Threats, intimidation, and lawsuits

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781442202115

1442202114

9781442202139

1442202130

OCLC:

630470670