There are tons of modern options that are educationally superior to animal dissection, and guess what? They could even help your school save money! Think about it: It doesn't make sense to buy dead animals—year after year, class after class—when a computer program can be purchased once and then used every year.
Cats used for dissection may be lost, stray, or homeless animals who have been injected with formaldehyde and vacuum-sealed in plastic bags. Use these cruelty-free tech tools to learn about cats and feline anatomy:
At slaughterhouses, pregnant pigs' bellies are cut open and their babies are taken for dissection. Fetal pigs are killed before they even take their first breath. Learn about pigs and porcine anatomy by using these superior options:
Every year, millions of frogs are snatched from the wild, tossed into bags, and transported long distances just to be killed for dissection. These humane methods will help you learn about frogs and ranine anatomy:
Rats and other small animals used for dissection are nothing more than dollar signs to the companies who breed them and then sell their corpses. Learn about rats and murine anatomy through these advanced techniques:
Here are some additional animal-free methods for studying anatomy and physiology:
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