Classrooms and teaching styles are evolving in the 21st century, but dissection is not changing. Twenty million animals are killed inhumanely for the purpose of classroom dissection every year, even though equally good options are available and do not cost the animals' lives (Peta). Many of these animals are not even bred for dissection, they are wild-caught or, like dogs and cats, purchased from shelters (Dissection: Lessons in Cruelty). What we need to start asking ourselves is: "Does dissection generate a cold attitude towards animals?". Many people advocate for updating our dissection programs because they believe you can't beat "real life" dissection, where you see, smell and feel different parts of the body (should schools ban animal dissection? ). What needs to be emphasized, however, is the fact that most K-12 students will not need to know what the insides of a frog look like, let alone their texture and smell. As for vision, many well-known veterinary universities have also moved to multimedia dissection programs that do not involve real animals (Alternatives In Education), and an additional 98% of US medical universities have stopped using animals in their courses (and none expect/ require you to dissect an animal) (Cutting the Dissection: Benefits of Non-Animal Methods in Biology Education). Ask any of your grandparents if animal dissection was popular in their school days. Chances are, it was. Since then, color has been added to TVs, computers have gotten smaller and smaller, we have cell phones that fit in our pockets, and the medical field has made great strides. Yet, for the most part, classroom dissection hasn't changed at all. The method of animal dissection commonly used today has long since expired (i...... middle of paper ...... esearch.org.au/campaigns/say_no_to_dissection>. Should schools ban animal dissection? nd .Step 1 : Choose not to dissect. nd .Step 2: Know your rights nd .Student Choice Laws nd .SUMMARY OF LAWS AND POLICIES. ON STUDENT CHOICE November 2011. .Discussion, Earth nd .The environment and dissection nd. .