Gelpi A P
Division of Extended Care, VA Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA 94304.
West J Med. 1991 Sep;155(3):260-2.
Practicing physicians are just becoming aware of the animal rights movement, which during the 1980s spawned numerous acts of violence against research facilities throughout the United States. The animal rightists are challenging physicians to show moral justification for the human exploitation of nature and the world of subhuman species. They have aroused public interest in animal welfare, sparked protective legislation for experimental animals, and indirectly encouraged the creation of committees to oversee the conduct of animal experimentation and the conditions of animal confinement. This controversy has necessitated a closer look at the questions of animal experimentation and animal rights against the backdrop of human experimentation and human rights. Physicians and specialists in animal care seek to alleviate suffering and anxiety, and, as moderates, they may be able to bring both sides of the animal rights controversy together in a spirit of mutual tolerance and in the common cause of promoting both human and animal welfare.
执业医师刚刚开始意识到动物权利运动，该运动在20世纪80年代在美国各地引发了许多针对研究机构的暴力行为。动物权利倡导者向医师们发起挑战，要求他们为人类对自然界及低于人类的物种的利用给出道德上的正当理由。他们唤起了公众对动物福利的关注，促使出台了针对实验动物的保护性立法，并间接推动了监督动物实验行为及动物饲养条件的委员会的成立。在人类实验和人权的背景下，这场争议使得有必要更深入地审视动物实验和动物权利的问题。从事动物护理的医师和专家们试图减轻痛苦与焦虑，作为温和派，他们或许能够以相互容忍的精神，在促进人类和动物福利这一共同目标下，让动物权利争议的双方走到一起。
