Animal rights

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There's much disagreement as to whether animals have rights or not. However, let΄s debate over the issue. Click on the pictures below and think over the questions which appear.

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There's much disagreement as to whether animals have rights or not. What do you think?

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Click on the button to read the adapted newspaper article about animal testing experiments. And then find the key sentence in each paragraph.

Scientists told to stop wasting animal lives

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Research agencies have ordered UK scientists to improve the way they use animals in experiments. Too often poorly designed projects – to test new medicines for strokes, cancer and other conditions – have produced meaningless results and wasted animals’ lives, the organisations have warned.

Too often poorly designed projects – to test new medicines for strokes, cancer and other conditions – have produced meaningless results and wasted animals’ lives, the organisations have warned.

Scientists told to stop wasting animal lives

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In some cases, researchers – desperate to control the costs of their work – have underestimated the number of animals needed to test a new medicine. As a result, their tiny studies have lacked the power to pinpoint biological effects in the drugs under scrutiny. These unreliable results mean the lives of the animals involved have been wasted, along with scientists’ time and resour ces. The over-use of animals in experiments has also led to unnecessary loss of their lives.

lacked the power to pinpoint biological effects in the drugs under scrutiny.

As a result, their tiny studies have

Scientists told to stop wasting animal lives

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The problem of poorly designed studies has been under investigation for two years and culminated, last week, in Research Councils UK – the umbrella group for the councils that fund UK research –announcing changes to its guidelines for those carrying out research using animals. Scientists will now have to show their work will not only produce physiological insights but will also generate statistically robust data. If not, they will lose their funding.

Scientists will now have to show their work will

not only produce physiological insights but will

also generate statistically robust data. If not, they will lose their funding.

Scientists told to stop wasting animal lives

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In 2013, 4.12 million scientific procedures on ani mals – mostly rats and mice – were started in Great Britain. Half involved breeding genetically modified animals while the other half involved experiments on unmodified animals. Many of these are done to test drugs before human trials are launched. However, it takes a fairly large number of animals to reveal whether a drug is having a pharmacological effect, said Macleod.

However, it takes a fairly large

number of animals to reveal whether a drug is having a pharmacological effect, said Macleod.

Scientists told to stop wasting animal lives

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There has been an increasing awareness that some animal experiments are not sufficiently robust. These guidelines should therefore be welcomed, although they have taken a long time to be introduced,” said neuroscientist Malcolm Macleod of Edinburgh University.

These guidelines should therefore be

welcomed, although they have taken a long time to be introduced,” said neuroscientist Malcolm Macleod of Edinburgh University.

Scientists told to stop wasting animal lives

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Mark Prescott, head of research policy for the UK National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research, said the guidelines represented a change for the scientific community.

the guidelines represented a change for the scientific community.

Yes, you can use animals in experiments, but no more than necessary – and no fewer. It is ethically questionable to get the numbers wrong either way.”

no more than necessary – and no fewer.

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These unreliable results mean the lives of the animals involved have been wasted.

Study the following sentenes and answer the following questions? Then click on the blue button to study some grammar.

These guidelines should therefore be welcomed, although they have taken a long time to be introduced.

In 2013, 4.12 million scientific procedures on animals-moslty rats and mice- were started in Great Britain.

The problem of poorly designed experiments was identified in a recent survey of scientific papers.

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Read the text and identify what the numbers in the text indicate.

10 billion

94%

99%

10 times

8.5 billion

300 million

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Read the text and underline all cases of passive voice sentences. Then click on the button below to check your answers.

Now, work in groups to write a summary of the article in active voice. How easy is it?

Vocabulary text

When asked to give their opinion, 94% of Americans agree that animals raised for food deserve to live free from bad treatment and cruelty. Yet the majority of the nearly 10 billion farm animals raised each year in the United States suffer in conditions that consumers would not accept if they could see them. Most of our meat, milk and eggs come from industrial farms where efficiency is considered more important than animal welfare and, therefore, animals are paying the price. To give specific examples, approximately 8.5 billion chickens are killed for their meat every year in the U.S., while another 300 million chickens are used in egg production. All birds from egg-laying hens and meat chickens to turkeys, ducks, geese and others are kept out from all animal protection laws. Consequently, these animals are in urgent need of protection. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is focused on making people aware of the unpleasant state of chickens raised for meat and is working actively with companies that buy or raise chickens. Many people do not realize that the breed of chicken used for modern egg production is different from the breed used for meat production. If you put them next to each other, they look almost nothing alike! Each has been raised according to a plan for hyper-production: egg-laying hens for high egg volume, and “meat” chickens for maximum breast meat.

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Read the text on the right and then do the comprehension quiz that follows.

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Brainsorm five reasons why animals in captivity is wrong. Add any reasons you consider important. Click on the button below to create your mindmap on coggle. Then share it with your class.

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You are going to take part in a debate. Form groups of 3 and follow the rules below.

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Group A You are the researchers. One of you is going to take part in a debate about whether animal-testing experiments is ethical or not. Write down the reasons why animal-testing experiments are ethical. Then choose your representative in the debate.

Group B You are the campaigners. One of you is going to take part in a debate about whether animal-testing experiments is ethical or not. Write down the reasons why animal-testing experiments are not ethical. Then choose your representative in the debate.

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You may use any ai chatbot to help you find your own ideas!!!

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viewpoints in favour

viewpoints against

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You have had a class discussion about animal-testing experiments to develop new medicines and cosmetics. Some people argue that these experiments are not ethical while others are in favour of them as long as they benefit humanity.  Write an essay (120-150 words) for the school magazine to express your opinion about whether animal-tested cosmetics should be banned, supporting it with examples. Write an essay (120-150 words) for the school magazine to express your opinion about whether animal-tested cosmetics should be banned, supporting it with examples.

what are the key words in the topic?

What register will you use?

Who is going to read your essay?

How will you start and finish your essay?

How many paragraphs will you write?