Shelter Animals in Laboratory Experimentation Allie Phillips and Anthony Bellotti Introduction The central question considered in this chapter: Is pound seizure (the sale or giving of shelter cats and dogs for experimentation) government-sanctioned and government-funded animal abuse? This chapter will explore the body of evidence on the harms inflicted on shelter pets that lead us to the conclusion that it does (PCRM 2012) Vivisection, or the use of animals in experimentation for education, medical, cosmetic, biological and other testing, has divided our culture in recent years In 1975, Peter Singer discussed the morality of vivisection in his book Animal Liberation where he exposed the treatment of animals in experimentation Singer analyzed how animals feel pain and have feelings similar to humans, an approach which was not supported within the vivisection community then and to an extent today Singer’s position has been debated and in 2006 was called into question when it appeared he was supporting experimentation on monkeys A Phillips (*) Michigan and Maryland, USA e-mail: alliephillips10@gmail.com A Bellotti White Coat Waste Movement, Washington, DC, USA e-mail: ab@whitecoatwaste.com © The Author(s) 2017 J Maher et al (eds.), The Palgrave International Handbook of Animal Abuse Studies, DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-43183-7_17 365