Annotated Citation #1

My research question:

Is it ethical to conduct experimentations on animals?

Randerson, James. "Caring or Cruel?" Guardian Newspaper Limited 31 May 2008. SIRS Researcher. SIRS Knowledge Source. Edina High School. 7 Dec 2008 

http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SMN0307H-0-126&artno=0000281381384&type=U&key=&title=Caring%20or20%Cruel%3F&res=T&ren=Y&gov=Y&Ink=Y&ic=Y

James Randerson is a science correspondent for The Guardian, a newspaper based in London, England. James Randerson has a PhD in evolutionary genetics and works at UC Irvine, Department of Earth System Science. This article was written to explore animal experimentations. The article supports both sides of the argument, if animal testing is indeed cruel or if it is caring. The Guardian Newspaper was given a special opportunity to have access to an animal research area in the United Kingdom and talk to scientists about their research on monkeys. Specifically in this case these scientists are doing experiments on monkeys brains and how they react at learning new things. To do these experiments parts of a monkey's brain region is destroyed, the part that specifically links to monkeys' behavioral abilities. The scientists claim that these experiments provide vital insights to schizophrenia, OCD, ADHD, and depression. The scientists also argue that they do not abuse the animals, they are not starved or malnutritioned and they have plenty of space to move around in their cage. The scientists also argue that what they are doing is not testing new drugs or products on animals, they are trying to understand the basic brain architecture of primates that in the end can help the human race avoid brain diseases if possible. Though other critics argue that animal research is old-fashioned and that computer modeling and brain scans, and tissue culture are much more advanced and useful than destroying parts of the brain, drilling small holes into the skull, and injecting a toxin into the brains of animals.