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Animals have rights / Rom Regan -- Animals do not have rights / Charles R. Pulver -- Animals are equal to humans / Animal Liberation -- Animals -- Animals are not equal to humans / Damon Linker -- Core teachings of the world's religions support animal rights / Norm Phelps -- The world's major religions support animal experimentation / Seriously Ill for Medical Research -- Animal rights activists are terrorists / Jane Cartmill -- Animal experimentation is unethical / Robert Garner -- Animal experimentation is ethical / Henry e. Heffner -- Animal research is vital to medicine / Jack H. Botting and Adrian R. Morrison -- Animal experimentation is unscientific / C. Ray Greek and Jean Swingle Greek -- The animal research industry needs more oversight / In Defense of Animals -- Animal experimentation is sufficiently regulated / Delmas Luedke -- Experimenting on nonhuman primates is vital to science / Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research -- Nonhuman primates should not be used in experiments / Coalition to End Primate Experimentation -- Dogs should not be used for animal experimentation / Animal Aid -- Experiments on dogs have led to medical breakthroughs / Foundation for Biomedical Research -- Rats and mice should be included in the Animal Wefare Act / F. Barbara Orlans -- Including mice and rats in the Animal Welfare Act would hinder research / Debra J. Saunders -- Genetic engineering can cure human diseases / Kevin O'Donnell -- Genetic engineering is dangerous / Michael W. Fox -- Cloning harms animals / Andrew Breslin -- Cloning can help humans and animals / Ian Wilmut, Keith Campbell, and Colin Tudge -- Using animals as organ donors will save human lives / Susan E. Paris -- Using animals as organ donors puts human lives at risk / Jonathan Hughes.