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Additional ResourcesView PCRM's Dissection Alternatives fact sheet with common, readily-available humane alternatives to animals frequently used in classroom dissection exercises. A free download of the InterNICHE book, From Guinea Pig to Computer Mouse: Alternative Methods for Humane Education (2nd ed.), is now available at www.interniche.org. First published in 2003, and updated in 2006, the 520-page book provides full details of more than 500 alternatives, including description, specification, and source. The Humane Society of the United States offers a free download of the book The Use of Animals in Higher Education: Problems, Alternatives, and Recommendations, written by Jonathan Balcombe, Ph.D. University of California-Davis’s Center for Animal Alternatives provides information about non-animal methods of learning. The Canadian Web site, Frogs are Cool, has information about dissection issues and humane alternatives. The Animal Welfare Institute’s article “Breaking Old School Habits” offers interesting insights into some of the issues surrounding dissection. Become a friend of Dissection Alternatives on MySpace! Visit us at www.MySpace.com/DissectionAlternatives and learn more about animal-friendly education.
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PCRM's Dissection Alternatives fact sheet (pdf) offers common, readily-available humane alternatives to animals frequently used in classroom dissection.
New! A free download of the InterNICHE book, From Guinea Pig to Computer Mouse: Alternative Methods for Humane Education (2nd ed.), is now available at www.interniche.org.