Author: Gill Langley
Published: March 2003
Pages : 8
Price : £1.50 (Free to SGR members and to students)
Publisher : Scientists for Global Responsibility (in association with the Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research)
This briefing provides background insight into the issues surrounding the use of animals in scientific experiments and the underlying factors that have given rise to the current legislative and cultural setting. Readers will gain greater awareness of how their choice of career makes a positive or negative impact on the welfare of laboratory animals as well as some pointers to alternative career routes.
Briefing No. 1 in SGR's Ethical careers in science, design and technology series.