Open the Labs and Set Them Free?. / Douglas Foster.
by Foster, Douglas; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
Material type: BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 14Human Relations. Publisher: Los Angeles Times Syndicate, 2002ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Animal behavior | Animal experimentation -- Moral and ethical aspects | Animal intelligence | Animal rights | Apes | Chimpanzees as laboratory animals | Zoo animalsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "The debate over the ethics of 'imprisoning' great apes has bubbled away among primate specialists for years, often beneath the surface. They've fussed with one another about whether likening apes to human children is accurate or fair, about whether brainpower should be the trump factor for figuring out which animals deserve special protection, and whether genetic relatedness to human beings should carry special weight in bioethical considerations." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article examines how some researchers feel that keeping great apes in captivity is unethical.Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003.
Originally Published: Open the Labs and Set Them Free?, June 2, 2002; pp. 12+.
"The debate over the ethics of 'imprisoning' great apes has bubbled away among primate specialists for years, often beneath the surface. They've fussed with one another about whether likening apes to human children is accurate or fair, about whether brainpower should be the trump factor for figuring out which animals deserve special protection, and whether genetic relatedness to human beings should carry special weight in bioethical considerations." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article examines how some researchers feel that keeping great apes in captivity is unethical.
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