Animal Dissection

Table of Contents

Introduction
Pros
- Pro 1: Dissecting a real animal provides students with more learning opportunities.
- Pro 2: Dissection can encourage students to pursue careers in science.
- Pro 3: Animal dissection is a productive and worthwhile use for dead animals.
Cons
- Con 1: Methods used to supply animals for dissections are bad for the environment and inhumane.
- Con 2: Medical studies do not require or benefit from animal dissection.
- Con 3: Dissecting real animals is unnecessary, since alternatives exist.
Discussion Questions
Take Action
Sources

References & Edit History Related Topics

Images

American bullfrog

Read Next

Science studient dissecting frog

Pro and Con: Animal Dissection

Discover

Thumbnail for flags that look alike quiz Russia, Slovenia, Iceland, Norway

Flags That Look Alike

Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Santa Claus flying in his sleigh, christmas, reindeer

Was Santa Claus a Real Person?

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.

10 Famous Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci

Orange basketball on black background and with low key lighting. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

The 10 Greatest Basketball Players of All Time

The Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. (Alice in Wonderland)

11 Banned Books Through Time

Artist interpretation of a Space meteoroid impact. Meteor impact. Asteroid, End of the world, danger, destruction, dinosaur extinct, Judgement Day, Planet Earth, Doomsday Predictions, comet

10 Failed Doomsday Predictions

Animal Dissection: Related Content

Written and fact-checked by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Photos

American bullfrog

See All Images →

Topics

dissection School Vaccine Mandates College Education School Uniforms Standardized Tests Student Loan Debt Teacher Tenure Homework Free College Book Bans Corporal Punishment