Empowering Learning that Aligns with Values

BioLEAP advocates for students and parents who disagree with the inhumane treatment of animals in science education.

Know Your Right To Refuse Dissection

Many states and school districts have policies in place protecting a student’s right to opt out of dissection. Check out our CHOICE map to see what humane policies apply in your community.

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Student choice law

Student choice policy

General opt-out provision

Other directive

No statewide provision

Explore Our Student Resources and Take Action.

Make the case to your teachers and school for your right to opt-out of dissection and other inhumane classroom activities.

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Waste and Cruelty of Dissection

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Action Packet for Students

Share Our Resources With Your Teachers

You can help open the minds of educators who have been trained to believe animal dissection is the gold standard in science education.

Product Catalog

Share our product catalog with your teacher to help them choose an effective and humane anatomy model to implement in the classroom in place of animal dissection.

Grants

If funding is an issue for your school, encourage your teacher to apply for our BioLEAP Classroom Grant to receive up to $1,000 toward dissection replacement models for the classroom.

Curriculum

Ask your teachers to integrate humane science education into your classroom lessons through the use of our free curriculum, Animal Use in Science: Exploring the 3Rs.

Looking to Go Beyond Humane Teaching Tools?

BioLEAP is just one of the programs at the National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS), dedicated to helping advance science without harming animals. Check out NAVS.org to learn more about our work with ethical research, animal advocacy, and sanctuaries. Make a difference in the lives of animals today!