Question: why dont we disect frogs in the uk and only in america WHY

Neil Barnby answered on 31 May 2024:

When I was at school, we dissected rats, but this has many issues, as does dissecting frogs or other animals. Firstly it is wrong to kill animals just to use them as an educational tool, especially when there are so many alternatives. These animal have a right to live and to use them in schools to illustrate their physiology is not humane. In modern times there are many alternatives including using models and virtual reality as tools to do the same thing. Another issue is that it causes stress in many pupils who have to perform the dissection. I remember so many of my school friends being upset by the whole process. In the UK for these and other reasons (basically cost) we decided to stop the process.
In America it is also becoming less common, partly because of the animal rights groups and partly the cost. You cannot just dissect any animal you have found, they have to be from a specialist company that checks for diseases etc.
Although your questions initial specified frogs, even in America they rarely dissect frogs, except in the movies, they mostly use fetal pigs and worms, as I understand it.