How shelter pets are brokered for experimentation
Subtitle: understanding pound seizure
By: Allie Phillips
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781442202115
Subjects: Animal shelters; Moral and ethical aspects; Animal welfare; Laboratory animals
Description: Back in the 1940s, the practice referred to as pound seizures became a common practice in taxpayer-funded animal shelters across the country. Whether for cosmetic testing, human or animal drug testing, medical technique and tool testing, or biochemical testing, these once-family pets are subjected to experimentation that often ends in death. While many states fail to keep accurate data, the number of pets that become victims of pound seizure easily reaches the thousands and though most citizens are unaware of the practice, it may very well be happening at their local animal shelter--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-230) and index.
Table of contents: title: A terrible discovery; title: What is pound seizure?; title: Laws and legislation on pound seizure; title: Betrayal of trust; title: Exposing dealers that violate the law; title: Experiments on random source animals; title: Alternatives to animal research; title: The victims of pound seizure; title: Voices of the research community; title: Shelters and pound seizure; title: Voices of the advocates to stop pound seizure; title: Advocacy techniques; title: Threats, intimidation, and lawsuits; title: Conclusion.