Animal studies
Animal Studies is the scientific use of animals in laboratory research. It involves animal testing and vivisection. It is often used mistakenly as synonymous with Human-animal studies, which is the study of nonhuman-human animal relationships.
See Also
- Vivisection
- Animal testing
- History of animal testing
- Laboratory animal sources
- History of model organisms
- Dissection
Criticism
Since the 19th century, animal studies has received criticism and protest from anti-vivisection groups. In response to animal studies, a group of scholars within the social sciences and humanities introduced critical animal studies as an overall critique to the use of animals in higher education.[1] Modeled in the likeness of feminist theory and critical race theory, it seeks to integrate theory and praxis in the dismantling of institutional oppression.