Dear EarthTalk: Are the animals used in classroom dissection taken from the wild? If so, wouldn't this be endangering their populations? Are there other environmental issues associated with classroom ...

Kudos to Connecticut legislators for passing a law allowing students to opt out of animal dissection and be provided with humane alternatives. This crude exercise has no place in 21st century ...

*Teacher Training/Guidance: This refers to training requirements or guidance specified within the Humane Education Mandate. **Dissection-Specific Opt-Out: Specific provisions of dissection choice laws ...

J.W. Mitchell High School in New Port Richey, Florida is the first high school in the world to use synthetic animals in lab dissections, as reported by CNN. “We are so excited to have partnered with ...

INDIANAPOLIS — A rite of passage for generations of often squeamish Hoosier students could be replaced by technology if state Rep. Ragen Hatcher, D-Gary, gets her way. Hatcher is sponsor of House Bill ...

HONING SKILLS: Trinity biologist Robert Blystone says dissection provides the opportunity for students to develop scientific observational skills. Poring over a frog's insides once was nearly ...

As the new school year approaches, the National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS), headquartered in Chicago, would like to remind students and teachers of the Student Choice Law in Illinois. Illinois ...

AMES, Iowa – In a recent class session devoted to reviewing the components of a monogastric digestive system, Alexandra Else-Keller reminded an animal science student how to position her fingers as ...

Washington, DC—Rancho Verde High School in Moreno Valley, CA is the first school to accept a challenge by the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) to discontinue animal dissections. In conjunction with the ...

The frogs are made using synthetic tissue and mimic properties of a live frog. The smell of formaldehyde in classrooms may soon be a thing of the past as high schools begin to introduce synthetic ...

A 19-year-old woman who interns for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has officially changed her name to the URL of the group's anti-dissection website to protest animal dissection.