Aspectos bioéticos da proteção ambiental dos animais envolvidos em práticas de experimentação científica no Brasil

Abstract

The study aims to analyze the law protection granted by legislation of non human animals used as “guinea pigs" on cientifical experimentation and under the vision of bioethics. Scientists use to defend the absolut need of utilization of those animals by testing, in name of “progress”, disregarding other aspects envolved in the issue. The perception of the problem will come about through the principle of equal consideration of interests between human and non human animals, the animal abolitionist perspective and the changes of paradigmfaced by science, which demand an ethical and moral consideration in relation to the animals involved in scientific productive process. This work is divided into two parts: first, it will be discussed historical and thical theoretical contributions related to the problem; in the second part it will be written about the legal aspects, especially the Arouca Law, the Law Project nº 6602/2013 and the alternative means to experimentation using animals. The regulamentation of research should be ruled by the less possible damage to animals, intending to review of necessity of use of animals in cientifical research in Brazil.