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The Sacrifice provides a uniquely detailed account of the sociological context of animal experimentation. The authors provide a rich analysis of complex and changing role of the laboratory animal in the political and scientific culture of the United States and the United Kingdom. By understanding the interplay of the groups, the authors view the experimental controversy as an ongoing and constantly recreated set of social processes, not just a problem of morality.

Download PDF Sacrifice How Scientific Experiments Transform Animals and People New Directions in the HumanAnimal Bond Arnold Arluke Linda Birke 9781557534323 Books

"Outside observers of the animal experimentation industry sometimes speculate about the motivation and self-image of those working in the labs. Just who are these people who work in secret facilities hurting and killing animals day in and day out?

Public relations departments and pro-animal experimentation organizations work hard to persuade the public that those who experiment on animals are heroes pursuing noble goals. Seeing behind this veil of propaganda is very difficult. Vivisectors and their support staff are reluctant to share the details of their work and sometimes even hide the fact that they work in an animal lab for fear of public distain or ostracism by their neighbors.

Through interviews with animal lab staff, retrospective analysis of scientists' published papers and industry's advertisements for animals in various journals, the authors of The Sacrifice have tried with some success to provide readers with insight into the self-perception and self-justification of those who experiment on animals.

The authors examine a number mechanisms used by the actors and the industry to protect themselves from public criticism and even self-doubt or self-criticism. They explore the academic trajectory of students from their first dissection to becoming a principal investigator who may never actually view the animals they use. Students following this trajectory are increasingly in contact with animals being used in increasingly invasive procedures. Those who endure and remain in the industry must find ways to explain their wide deviation from the societal norm to themselves and to others who happen to question them.

The authors present an interesting discussion of the flexible meaning of `animal' in the labs. The animal care staff tends to see animals more as individuals whose interests they protect due to their self-view as the real animal experts, while the scientists may see them and speak of animals more as research tools or parts of a scientific apparatus, yet simultaneously present themselves to the public (when needed) as compassionate animal lovers.

The authors do a good job of examining the industry's characterization of its critics as scientific illiterates, quasi-Luddites, complete liars, or terrorists. Based on these characterizations, the industry claims that there is no point in discussion or debate with opponents, and that only those who believe that experimenting on animals is necessary are qualified to have a voice in the public debate.

Readers from both sides of the debate will find much of interest in The Sacrifice, but the text is not without faults. In discussing the justifications used by vivisectors and animal care staff, they indulge in interpretations of statements made during interviews that are psychoanalytic; maybe their guesses about the meaning of what the researchers say are correct, but maybe not. In the section on the meaning conveyed by the way animals are presented in advertisements for animals, they rely on a survey of journals that was conducted in the early to mid 1990s. Their observations are outdated; the images in today's journals are differently presented than those discussed in the text.

The authors fall into the trap of equating animal experimentation with science. They use the terms interchangeably throughout the text and (perhaps unintentionally) repeat a ploy used by the animal lab public relations departments to imply that those who oppose animal experimentation must also oppose medicine, geology, physics, chemistry, astronomy, botany, ethology and every other branch of science.

All in all, The Sacrifice would be a worthwhile text for use in a classroom or study group. The biography alone makes the book a worthwhile addition to a personal library. Members of the general public interested in the controversies surrounding animal experimentation will find many interesting insights into the mental gymnastics employed by those whose work would be deemed criminal if conducted outside the legal protections offered by a licensed laboratory."

Product details Series New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond Paperback 224 pages Publisher Purdue University Press (April 1, 2006) Language English ISBN-10 1557534322

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Sacrifice How Scientific Experiments Transform Animals and People New Directions in the HumanAnimal Bond Arnold Arluke Linda Birke 9781557534323 Books Reviews :

Sacrifice How Scientific Experiments Transform Animals and People New Directions in the HumanAnimal Bond Arnold Arluke Linda Birke 9781557534323 Books Reviews

• Outside observers of the animal experimentation industry sometimes speculate about the motivation and self-image of those working in the labs. Just who are these people who work in secret facilities hurting and killing animals day in and day out?
  
  Public relations departments and pro-animal experimentation organizations work hard to persuade the public that those who experiment on animals are heroes pursuing noble goals. Seeing behind this veil of propaganda is very difficult. Vivisectors and their support staff are reluctant to share the details of their work and sometimes even hide the fact that they work in an animal lab for fear of public distain or ostracism by their neighbors.
  
  Through interviews with animal lab staff, retrospective analysis of scientists' published papers and industry's advertisements for animals in various journals, the authors of The Sacrifice have tried with some success to provide readers with insight into the self-perception and self-justification of those who experiment on animals.
  
  The authors examine a number mechanisms used by the actors and the industry to protect themselves from public criticism and even self-doubt or self-criticism. They explore the academic trajectory of students from their first dissection to becoming a principal investigator who may never actually view the animals they use. Students following this trajectory are increasingly in contact with animals being used in increasingly invasive procedures. Those who endure and remain in the industry must find ways to explain their wide deviation from the societal norm to themselves and to others who happen to question them.
  
  The authors present an interesting discussion of the flexible meaning of `animal' in the labs. The animal care staff tends to see animals more as individuals whose interests they protect due to their self-view as the real animal experts, while the scientists may see them and speak of animals more as research tools or parts of a scientific apparatus, yet simultaneously present themselves to the public (when needed) as compassionate animal lovers.
  
  The authors do a good job of examining the industry's characterization of its critics as scientific illiterates, quasi-Luddites, complete liars, or terrorists. Based on these characterizations, the industry claims that there is no point in discussion or debate with opponents, and that only those who believe that experimenting on animals is necessary are qualified to have a voice in the public debate.
  
  Readers from both sides of the debate will find much of interest in The Sacrifice, but the text is not without faults. In discussing the justifications used by vivisectors and animal care staff, they indulge in interpretations of statements made during interviews that are psychoanalytic; maybe their guesses about the meaning of what the researchers say are correct, but maybe not. In the section on the meaning conveyed by the way animals are presented in advertisements for animals, they rely on a survey of journals that was conducted in the early to mid 1990s. Their observations are outdated; the images in today's journals are differently presented than those discussed in the text.
  
  The authors fall into the trap of equating animal experimentation with science. They use the terms interchangeably throughout the text and (perhaps unintentionally) repeat a ploy used by the animal lab public relations departments to imply that those who oppose animal experimentation must also oppose medicine, geology, physics, chemistry, astronomy, botany, ethology and every other branch of science.
  
  All in all, The Sacrifice would be a worthwhile text for use in a classroom or study group. The biography alone makes the book a worthwhile addition to a personal library. Members of the general public interested in the controversies surrounding animal experimentation will find many interesting insights into the mental gymnastics employed by those whose work would be deemed criminal if conducted outside the legal protections offered by a licensed laboratory.