Jane Cartmill

Jane Cartmill is the director of San Diego Animal Advocates, an organization that works to protect the welfare of animals. In the following viewpoint, Cartmill contends that critics of animal rights activists unfairly characterize the animal rights movement as violent. She argues that the perpetrators of violence are actually the humans who work in slaughterhouses, factory farms, and biomedical research labs.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. How does Cartmill refute the claim that there have been 313 violent acts committed by animal rights activists"
2. List three examples provided by the author to illustrate institutionalized brutality against animals.
3. Name three ways that animals are used for biomedical research, according to the author.

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