Killing animals as a necessary evil? The case of animal research

The End of Animal Life: A Start for Ethical Debate

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 187-201

  Franco, N H ^a,b   Olsson, I A S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Euthanasia; Laboratory animals; Rehabilitation; Rehoming; Reuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 85039999137     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-808-7_12     Document Type: Chapter

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