![]() ![]() As a result, there was something of a backlash against scientists who had been involved in vivisection. Protests of inhumane treatment of animals became increasingly prevalent. But once Darwin's theory broke down the barrier between human and animal in the popular mind, many people felt a stronger connection to the "lesser creatures." The idea that there might be unbroken lines of descent connecting species to common ancestors ultimately served to humanize the animals (at least, the ones that seemed most human to begin with). ![]() ![]() Very few people considered animals as anything but inferior species, so anti-cruelty legislation was all but absent. It is still practiced today, in part as an alternative to experimenting on people.īefore the publication of Darwin's theory of evolution, animal experimentation was more or less tolerated in England and other countries. Vivisection, or operating on living animals for the purposes of scientific research, has a long history in medicine. ![]()
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