Es ist gerechtfertigt, aber nicht aus verabscheuungswürdiger Neugier DAS „VIVISECTION ACT“ (1876)

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Tierschutzgesetz

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1849 In Großbritannien wird das Cruelty to Animals Act verabschiedet.

1871 Die British Association for the Advancement of Science legt einen Moralkodex für alle fest, die im Vereinigten Königreich an Tieren experimentieren.

1875 In London gründet Frances Power Cobbe die heutige National Anti-Vivisection Society.

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1966 Der Animal Welfare Act legt einen Mindeststandard im US-Bundesrecht zur Regulierung des Tierschutzes fest.

1986 Der Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act regelt die Verwendung von Tieren für wissenschaftliche Forschung in Großbritannien.

2013 Die Europäische Union verbietet Tierversuche für Kosmetika.

During a British Medical Association meeting in Norwich in 1874, F rench physiologist Eugene Magnan injected a dog with absinthe to show the effects of alcohol, and the dog died. A prosecution under the Cruelty to Animals Act by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) failed (Magnan had returned to F rance), but the case gained public support and proved that existing legislation on vivisection (experiments on live animals) was inadequate.
Scientists and animal cruelty campaigners supported tighter legislation for opposing reasons: scientists sought protection f rom prosecution, whereas campaigners wanted to stop cruelty to animals.
Regulating experimentation In 1875, a British Royal Commission recommended amending the 1849 Cruelty to Animals Act to cover vivisection. When the new bill went before Parliament, lobbying by the medical establishment resulted in a watered-down version (commonly known as the "Vivisection Act") being passed in 1876. Anyone carrying out vivisection now would need a license, and experiments all had to be medically justif ied and could no longer be done in public.
The Act balanced research needs and animal safety, but both sides felt it did not go far enough. It was a landmark piece of legislation, however, as the f irst in the world to regulate the use and treatment of live animals in medical research. ■

Unabhängig davon, ob die Praxis nützlich oder nutzlos ist, bitten wir Sie, darüber nachzudenken, ob sie moralisch rechtmäßig ist.
Frances Power Cobbe
Irish animal rights activist (1822–1904)​

See also: The Cruelty to Animals Act 146-147 ■ The Endangered Species Act 264-265 ■ The World Network of Biosphere Reserves 270-271 ■ Euthanasia 296-297
Siehe auch: Das Tierquälereigesetz 146-147 ■ Das Gesetz über gefährdete Arten 264-265 ■ Das Weltnetzwerk der Biosphärenreservate 270-271 ■ Euthanasie 296-297