Guardians - A Group Exposing Vivisection is a new, non profit organisation committed to the implementation of sound medical research. We would like to introduce ourselves and make ourselves available to answer questions, and to comment and give our opinions pertaining to vivisection. Guardians is not associated with any other organisation in Australia, however we liaise with organisations overseas that see the practice of vivisection as dangerous to human health and thwarting medical progress.
Vivisection is an archaic method of research that is still widely used today.
The literal meaning of the word is 'to cut whilst living'. However today the term vivisection encompasses all forms of animal research, whether or not cutting is done. This is because each species of animal reacts in a different way to drugs and chemicals. Each species of animal differs in terms of metabolic rate, physiology, immunology, anatomy, genetics, etc. This is known as species difference.