Feb. 6, 2004, article from the San Francisco Business Times describing the effects of strident and violent animal rights activism on the biotech industry.

2005 news release from the Center for Consumer Freedom about Dr. Jerry Vlasak’s testimony in support of murdering scientists who test on animals in front of the U.S. Senate. Read the U.S. Senate transcript of Dr. Vlasak’s testimony.

Article from the January 2006 issue of Scientific American about increasingly more sophisticated alternatives to animal testing.

Compilation of resources on animal rights and testing from the North Carolina State University library.

2004 article from the BBC which suggests that animal testing is in decline.

This is an animal ethics guide from the BBC. It includes a section on religious views about animal ethics.

The American Psychological Association offers guidelines for ethical conduct in the care and use of animals.

John Jefferson Davis is a professor of systematic theology and Christian ethics at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Mass. He has expertise in world religions, theology, homosexuality, abortion, medical ethics, just war, bioethics, environmental ethics, intelligent design, business ethics and biblical ethics. He teaches a course titled “Christian Ethics: Issues Facing the Church Today.”

Michael Cromartie is vice president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C., where he heads its Evangelicals in Civic Life program. He is also an expert on religious liberty and Christianity and politics. His books include, as editor, Religion and Politics in America: A Conversation.