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The National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee (NAEAC) [51] was established under the Animal Welfare Act [47] to provide independent advice to the Minister for Primary Industries about: ethical and animal welfare issues relating to the use of animals in research, testing and teaching; recommendations on the restrictions of use of non-human hominids
In 1954, the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) decided to sponsor systematic research on the progress of humane techniques in the laboratory. [2] In October of that year, William Russell, described as a brilliant young zoologist who happened to be also a psychologist and a classical scholar, and Rex Burch, a microbiologist, were appointed to inaugurate a systematic study of ...
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs) are centrally important in applying laws about animal research in the United States.Similar systems operate in other countries, but generally under different titles; for example, in Canada a typical title would be the University Animal Care Committee (UACC), while in the United Kingdom it would be the Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Body ...
Animal testing (11 C, 85 P) W. Wild animal suffering (2 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Issues in animal ethics" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total ...
Animal testing, also known as animal experimentation, animal research, and in vivo testing, is the use of non-human animals, such as model organisms, in experiments that seek to control the variables that affect the behavior or biological system under study. This approach can be contrasted with field studies in which animals are observed in ...
“Animals aren’t toolsheds to be raided but complex, intelligent beings,” a spokesperson from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said. Others question the ethics of creating a class ...
Replacement, Reduction and Refinement (the Three Rs) relate to the ethical use of animals in RTT. [4] Replacement – wherever possible, animals should be replaced with non-animal alternatives. For example: computer modelling. Reduction – numbers of animals should be the minimum necessary to achieve a meaningful result.
Doctors Against Animal Experiments (DAAE; Ärzte gegen Tierversuche) is an animal rights organization based in Cologne, which campaigns for the complete abolition of animal testing under the motto "Medical progress is important - animal testing is the wrong way".