Program Term Archive
Animals in Laboratories
The Cost of Beauty
Animals in LaboratoriesCosmetics testing on animals is a few steps closer to becoming a practice of the past. The Canadian Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act (Bill S-214) has passed the Senate and will now...
Administration Persists with Deconstruction of Animal Welfare Act
Animals in LaboratoriesThe dismantling of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) by the USDA continues unabated. The entire program—inspections, long-standing policies, and enforcement—is in shambles, leaving animals with virtually no protection. And gleaning...
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...
PREPARED Act Aims to Save Animals from Natural, Man-Made Disasters
Press ReleaseFebruary 7, 2019Animals in Laboratories, Companion AnimalsFires, floods and earthquakes can cause intense suffering and death to the millions of animals trapped in commercial and research facilities. Today, Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Peter King (R-NY)...
Sanctuary for Former Lab Chimps, But Who Might Be Left Behind?
Animals in LaboratoriesThree years ago, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that it would no longer support experimentation on chimpanzees. The NIH stated that all of the chimps that it “owns”...
Assessing Laboratory Macaque Food Preferences in Positive Reinforcement Training
Animals in LaboratoriesThe psychological well-being of laboratory primates is enhanced when they are allowed to voluntarily participate in their own care through a process called positive reinforcement training (PRT). Through PRT, primates...
AWI Updates Refinement Database
Animals in LaboratoriesAWI’s Laboratory Animal Advisor, Dr. Joanna Makowska, has updated AWI’s database on the refinement of housing, husbandry, care, and use of animals in research. More than 600 new entries were...
Cranky Mice? Corncob Bedding May Be Culprit
Animals in LaboratoriesAWI recently attended the annual meeting of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) in Baltimore—the largest meeting on laboratory animals in the United States. At this year’s meeting,...
No, Monkeys Don’t “Volunteer” to Have Their Brains Probed
Animals in LaboratoriesThis study involved two monkeys that learned to play a computer game that gave them drops of juice when they won. The monkeys played voluntarily because they liked to gamble......
Apply for Laboratory Animal Welfare Refinement Grants
Animals in LaboratoriesAWI congratulates the most recent Refinement Grant recipients: Dr. Brianna Gaskill, Purdue University: Investigating the link between laboratory personnel’s professional quality of life and the provision of environmental enrichment to animals...