Research

As part of the project, an OER collection on the topic of "Alternatives to animal testing" was created with the following OER contributions:

(1) Discussing ethical issues

(2) What is an animal experiment?

(3) 3R International: USA

(4) 3R International: Israel

(5) Animal interests and animal rights positions

(6) Anthropocentrism, pathocentrism, biocentrism?

(7) The moral status of animals (with subtitle)

(8) The moral status of animals (without subtitle)

(9) Animal experimentation ethics: an introduction

(10) The 3Rs concept

(11) The epiCS test (with subtitles)

(12) The epiCS test (without subtitles)

(13) The LDH test (with subtitle)

(14) The LDH test (without subtitles)

(15) EU Directive 20210/63, Animal Welfare Act, Animal Welfare Experimental Animal Ordinance

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

The project locates and analyzes reasons for moments of failure and escalation in the farm animal discourse. At the same time, perspectives for its improvement are identified in order to point out possible turning points towards a more peaceful, respectful and constructive discussion about so-called farm animals.

The main results of the project are a discourse path as a suggested outline and a flyer with rules for discussion, which can be viewed on the website https://wiemenschenuebertierestreiten.jimdofree.com/.

In current sustainability concepts, animals and animal welfare are only indirectly addressed in places, although this preliminary study has shown that their inclusion is socially desirable or even demanded. The extent to which the anthropocentric sustainability goals and the welfare of farm animals can be meaningfully linked will be the subject of a follow-up project.

Gethöffer, F.; Kirberg, S.; Schöttes, F.; Siebert, U. Der Umgang mit Neozoen: ein gesellschaftlicher Diskurs. Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung 2022, 54 (6), 30-36. https://doi.org/10.1399/NuL.2022.06.03.

https://doi.org/10.1399/NuL.2022.06.03