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Advancing Refinements to Animal Care
AWI Awards Grants to Advance the Welfare of Animals Used in Research
Press ReleaseMarch 10, 2025Animals in LaboratoriesThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is pleased to announce the 2024 winners of the Refinement Research Award, which funds research projects that develop or test novel refinement methods, and the Implementing Refinement...
AWI Awards Grants to Improve Quality of Life for Animals Used in Research
Press ReleaseApril 18, 2024Animals in LaboratoriesThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is pleased to announce the 2023 winners of the Refinement Research Award, which funds research projects that develop or test novel refinement methods, and the inaugural Implementing...
Making Positive Changes for Animals in Laboratories: A LAREF Discussion
Animals in LaboratoriesAWI’s Laboratory Animal Refinement and Enrichment Forum (LAREF) is an online discussion forum where individuals working with animals in research share their ideas and experiences related to improving the welfare...
Pigs Love Scratching But Are Hard on Scratchers: A LAREF Discussion
Animals in LaboratoriesThe Laboratory Animal Refinement and Enrichment Forum (LAREF) is an online platform, hosted by AWI, where individuals working with animals in research share ideas and experiences related to improving the welfare of...
LAREF Has Moved!
Animals in LaboratoriesAWI’s Laboratory Animal Refinement & Enrichment Forum (LAREF) is an electronic discussion forum facilitating the factual exchange of experiences about ways to refine the conditions under which animals are housed...
Lab Animal Caregivers Share Insights in New LAREF Volume
Animals in LaboratoriesAWI is pleased to announce publication of It’s Okay to Cry: Discussions by the Laboratory Animal Refinement & Enrichment Forum, Volume V. Since 2002, AWI’s Laboratory Animal Refinement and Enrichment Forum...
Rabbit Enrichment Items: Getting Bang for the Buck (and Doe)
Animals in LaboratoriesA recent discussion on the Laboratory Animal Refinement and Enrichment Forum (LAREF) focused on new enrichment ideas for rabbits. Brianna Parkinson initiated the conversation to share her experience and to...
Caregivers in Research Say Animals Calmed by Conversation
Animals in LaboratoriesA LAREF Discussion This past December on AWI’s Laboratory Animal Refinement and Enrichment Forum (LAREF), a question posed by Erik Moreau prompted a discussion on whether talking to animals in...
AWI’s New Book on Better Care of Animals in Research
Animals in LaboratoriesAWI is pleased to announce publication of Committed to Animal Welfare: Discussions by the Laboratory Animal Refinement & Enrichment Forum, Volume IV, edited by Viktor Reinhardt. Since 2002, AWI’s Laboratory Animal...
Setting Standards: How Best to Meet the Needs of Nonhuman Primates in Research
Animals in LaboratoriesAs the USDA considers a Petition for Rulemaking to establish criteria to promote the psychological well-being of primates, a discussion concerning regulations based on “performance standards” as opposed to “engineering...