Program Term Archive
Animals in Laboratories
Refinements for Rodents and Rabbits in Research Institutions
Animals in LaboratoriesSynthetization of the last 15 years of research on welfare improvements to the housing and care of mice, rats, other rodents, and rabbits used in experimentation. Chapters include: housing, social...
Lab Dog
Animals in LaboratoriesA beagle named Hammy was fostered and then adopted by Melanie Kaplan. But Hammy wasn’t just any dog: He had been in a research laboratory for almost four years prior...
Sharing Info on Improving Welfare of Animals in Research
Animals in LaboratoriesIn November, AWI hosted an exhibit at the annual symposium of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science—the world’s largest gathering of personnel involved in the production, care, and use...
Ridglan to Relinquish State Breeding License
Animals in LaboratoriesRidglan Farms—one of two remaining US breeders of beagles for research—will cease its large-scale breeding-for-sale operations by July 2026, following grave allegations of animal neglect and cruelty (see AWI Quarterly, fall...
NIH Greenlights Grant Funds for Animal Rehoming
Animals in LaboratoriesAs of October, National Institutes of Health grant recipients are allowed to allocate a portion of their funding to the rehoming and retirement of animals after their use in experimentation....
IUCN Reaffirms Long-Tailed Macaques’ Endangered Status
Animals in Laboratories, Endangered Species, Terrestrial WildlifeIn October, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the global authority on wildlife conservation, officially reaffirmed the “endangered” designation of long-tailed macaques (LTMs)—a monkey species used extensively for biomedical...
AWI Report Analyzes Diminished AWA Enforcement
Animals in LaboratoriesThe US Department of Agriculture’s long history of ineffective Animal Welfare Act (AWA) enforcement against noncompliant breeders, dealers, exhibitors, and research facilities appears to have reached a new low. AWI...
Animals in Labs Laws, Regulations, and Guidelines
Animals in LaboratoriesA range of laws, regulations, and guidance documents govern the use of animals in research and aim to improve their care and welfare. In the United States, federal laws such...
Humane Education Laws by State/Territory
Animals in LaboratoriesBelow is a summary of laws related to the use of animals in school and classroom activities, as well as laws that mandate the teaching of respect for, and humane...
Dissection Alternatives
Animals in LaboratoriesEach year, more than 12 million animals, including frogs, cats, rats, fetal pigs, fish, and a variety of invertebrates are killed for classroom dissection exercises in the United States. At...