Debra J. Saunders

Debra J. Saunders argues in the following viewpoint that rats and mice should not be included in the Animal Welfare Act. According to Saunders, although animal rights activists have reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to include mice and rats in the Act, current budgetary constraints and protestations from researchers have delayed the change. She maintains that federal law already protects mice and rats, and asserts that additional protections will only make research into human diseases more difficult. Debra J. Saunders is a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. What human diseases does Saunders list to show that experimentation on rats and mice is vital"
2. According to the author, how quickly do mice reproduce"
3. What percentage of...