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Media InquiriesNEAVS Projects
Some NEAVS projects include: Supporting the work of our affiliate,
the Ethical Science and Education
Coalition (ESEC), to pass a dissection choice bill
in Massachusetts, guaranteeing students the right to choose
not to dissect in the classroom. Dissection choice fosters compassion
and respect for all beings, and also helps to address
the serious problem of species depletion. For example,
six million vertebrate animals are dissected
in school classrooms alone each year, and many
of the animals for dissection, particularly frogs, are
taken
from the wild. In addition, the right to choose
alternatives to traditional dissection is an avenue
to help increase the number of women
in science, and to encourage needed computer
skills in future scientists. ESEC also offers a number of
dissection
alternatives, such as 3-D, CD-ROMS that are made
available to classroom teachers and students through
our Resource
Room and loan library. Committing more than $4 million
over the last decade to funding scientifically and ethically
sound alternatives to animal research both nationally
and internationally. Investigating current animal
use in Boston, the economic basis for the continued
use of animals, and ways to encourage cruelty-free purchasing
from companies that do not test on animals.
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