One of the broadest requirements for any student in college is to take a course in biology or life sciences. When it comes to biology, anatomy and a few other sciences, you need to know about body parts and functions. Books explain all the information, but hands-on learning is better, so animal specimens are used for dissections and experiments. But is this the only way to know the body? There are students who find looking at a dead body disturbing or are against the use of animals. With the technology we have today, there are 3D virtual programs and models that can replace specimens. The University of California, Riverside, is expected to replace traditional animal dissection and experimentation with alternatives for biology and life sciences courses. Not only do the alternatives make good substitutes, but they will be for a good cause, cheaper, and may improve student learning compared to dissection. By replacing traditional dissections with alternatives, animals' lives would be saved. According to Jodie Wiederkehr of the National Anti-Vivisection Society, "biology is the 'study of life,' not death" (132, Fleischmann). They would no longer have to suffer and be killed. They would experience pain and anguish (Balcombe). There are some people who do not follow ethics in treating animals. The use of animals for dissections can pose a great risk of extinction. Dissection for a course no one is studying in the life and biological sciences is causing unnecessary animal deaths. Animal dissection is expensive and time-consuming, especially because it can only be used once and then must be properly disposed of. The price range depends on the animal used with the addition of equipment. Frogs co...... at the center of the article ......on: The Scientific Case For Alternatives." Journal Of Applied Animal Welfare Science 4.2 (2001): 117. Academic Search Complete. Web. 5 May 2014 .DeHoff, Mary Ellen, Krista L. Clark, and Karthikeyan Meganathan. “Student Learning Outcomes and Perceived Value of Clay Modeling and Cat Dissection in Undergraduate Human Anatomy and Physiology.” 2014. Fleischmann, Kenneth R. “Frog and Cyberfrog are Friends: Simulating Dissection and Animal Defense.” Society & Animals 11.2 (2003): 123-143 Full Academic Web, John R., et al. “Human Clay Models versus cat dissection: How class-exam similarity affects student performance." May 2014.