Justin Goodman

Director of the laboratory investigations department at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)

Justin Goodman is the director of the laboratory investigations department at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). He is also an adjunct instructor of sociology at Marymount University and serves on the leadership council of the American Sociological Association’s Animals and Society section.

Posts by Justin Goodman
Bioethics Forum Essay

As Chimp Research is Phased Out, Will Other Animal Research Decline?

The institution of animal experimentation is a house of cards, and a stiff wind is blowing at last. At a meeting last month about federal funding for science, former National...
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Bioethics Forum Essay

Research Bias Compromises Chimpanzee Protection Efforts

In December 2011, a landmark Institute of Medicine (IOM) report concluded that advances in science and medicine “have rendered chimpanzees largely unnecessary as research subjects.” Yet a recent search on the U.S....
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