Program Term Archive
Animals in Laboratories
Determining an Efficient and Effective Rat Tickling Dosage
Animals in LaboratoriesLaboratory rats may experience distress during handling, which can negatively impact their welfare. Rat tickling, a handling technique that mimics aspects of rat rough-and-tumble play, has been found to induce...
New Computer Algorithm Could Replace Animal Tests—and Be Better at It
Animals in LaboratoriesA team of scientists has developed an advanced computer algorithm that can predict the toxicity of new chemicals better than standard animal tests. This breakthrough has the potential to spare...
Reducing Aggressive Behavior in Mice with the Addition of Cage Dividers
Animals in LaboratoriesIn this project, funded by an AWI Refinement Grant, we tested whether raising male mice in partially divided cages affected aggression and behavioral performance from weaning through 180 days old...
AWI Urges House Vote on Eliminating “Crush Video” Loophole
Press ReleaseJune 14, 2018Animals in Laboratories, Companion Animals, Marine WildlifeSix months after the Senate unanimously adopted the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act, the bill remains stalled in the US House of Representatives. In a letter issued today...
A Primate Dealer’s Pitiful Con
Animals in LaboratoriesEnvelopes with white powder and a threatening message were sent to two people associated with Matthew Block, founder of Worldwide Primates, which imports primates for experimentation. One went to Block’s...
ARS Uses Kittens as Toxic Test Tubes
Animals in LaboratoriesA decades-long Agricultural Research Service (ARS) project has intentionally killed untold hundreds of kittens. According to the White Coat Waste Project, which exposed the study, the Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory...
Baboon Breakout at Biomedical Lab
Animals in LaboratoriesFour baboons housed in an outdoor corral escaped from the Texas Biomedical Research Institute (TBRI) by using a 55-gallon barrel to scale the enclosure. The clever monkeys had pulled the...
Lab Gasses Monkeys as Volkswagen Rigs Results
Animals in Laboratories“I feel like a chump.” So said Dr. Jake McDonald, chief science officer at Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute (LRRI) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to the New York Times, after he learned...
Killing Oversight via the Cures Act
Animals in LaboratoriesA law passed in 2016—the 21st Century Cures Act—has given the research industry the opening that it has sought to reduce oversight of the treatment of animals. This law requires...
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...