Islamic attitudes towards animal ethics

6^th Global Veterinary Summit

November 14-16, 2016 Atlanta, USA

Aldavood S J and Phillips C J C

University of Tehran, Iran
University of Queensland, Australia

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Vet Sci Technol

Abstract :

The Abrahamic religions, including Islam, believe that human life is more valuable than animal life and that humans have a God given authority over animals, but they should not be cruel to animals and cause their pain or suffering. Because of the widespread use of experimental animals in Iran these days, special rules have to be defined for their living conditions. Therefore, all our researchers should have enough information about ethical codes of treating experimental animals as well as Islamic principles in this regard. In the present study, all Islamic sources related to treating animals and the relevant international literature and valid ethical guidelines from other countries were compared. Finally, a strategy for an appropriate and complete framework for the national ethical guidelines for animal research in Iran was developed based on Islamic rules. These rules have been adopted as a national framework. In general, they seem comparable with other laboratory animal guidelines against animal cruelty.

Biography :

Email: sja@ut.ac.ir