YES

Cruelty to animals

On the one hand, children are taught about the biodiversity crisis. On the other, they have to dissect animals. It is cruel and unjust.

Tiyasa Mishra,
Midnapore College

Not necessary

In the era of technology, in which you can easily study the various parts of animals through projectors and computers, there is no need to cut them up for it. This also creates an emotional disturbance among students who are forced to dissect animals willingly or unwillingly.

Tahera Khatoon,
Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta

Desensitises minds

Animal dissection encourages students to abuse animals. They get inured to the cruelty involved, in fact, they become comfortable doing it. That, in turn, desensitises young students to the plight of animals and results in animal abuse.

Agnidhro Ganguly,
Techno India, Salt Lake, Calcutta

NO

Exposure needed

Videos available on the Internet are never equal to real animal dissection. It also helps students in making an informed career choice. If a student is not comfortable with animal dissections, he or she will not pursue medical science, as dissection of human cadavers plays a big role in learning anatomy.

Avishek Mukherjee,
College of Medicine and JNM Hospital, Kalyani

Practical knowhow

Practical experience is essential to the understanding of a subject. To really get to know animal anatomy, we require the minute details of an animal body. And that we can get only from a dissection.

Payal Roy,
Shri Shikshayatan College, Calcutta