Vivisection facts for kids

Mice are the most numerous mammal species used for live animal research. Such research is sometimes described as vivisection.

Activist against vivisection

Vivisection (from Latin vivus ("alive") + sectio ("cutting")) is a doing a surgery as an experiment on a living organism, usually animals. It is sometimes used to mean animal testing itself (see animal testing). The word is often used by people or organizations who dislike animal experimentation