It was believed that animals are simply automata and not capable of being conscious of thought and feeling among the scientific community even into 1970s. Nowadays some scientists will consider about if animal can feel pain.
The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) has been known to be involved in terrorist actions and shock methods to force their voice to be considered. …show more content…
They would attack and reproach labs that perform tests on primates but ignore those in which less evolved animals have been used.
Is consent for tissue collection necessary?
Consent for tissue colloction is necessary. People deserve the right to know to keep themselves informed and respected. To achive the ethics of human volunteers, scientists in laboratory are always asked to record the traceabilities/details of each type of tissue e.g. patients’ name and reference number.
Do we own our cells?
People own their own cells. Unfortunately tests have not been done only on non-human animals. A few decades ago, tests were performed on soldires, prisoners and some other people.These tests were almost always against their will or without consent. Nowadays people would rarely suffer these things agains ethics with the protection from law and