Program Term Archive
Animals in Laboratories
Complaint Filed Against Research Facility Involved in Dozens of Monkey Deaths
Animals in LaboratoriesOn the heels of the historic settlement between the US Department of Agriculture and Santa Cruz Biotechnology (SCBT), another huge commercial operation licensed as an animal dealer and registered as...
Examining Environmental Enrichment and Response to Stress
Animals in LaboratoriesA new, enhanced environment can give animals an opportunity to explore and interact. However, when animals are presented with these novel environments, they can be conflicted, with fear of the...
Voracious Science and Vulnerable Animals
Animals in Laboratories“I slowly became conscious of the animals’ point of view and recognized that much of what I was doing as a scientist did not square with my own moral standards.”...
Despite Serious Allegations, SNBL USA Dodges Significant Penalty from USDA
Press ReleaseDecember 8, 2016Animals in Laboratories, Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) denounces the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for its weak settlement agreement with SNBL USA—a subsidiary of Japan-based Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories that allegedly committed dozens...
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...
Poor Reporting of Analgesia in Laboratory Animals: A Systemic Problem
Animals in LaboratoriesProper use of pain relief (analgesics) in laboratory animals is a scientific and ethical imperative. Both the Animal Welfare Act and US Public Health Service policy require appropriate use of...
Research Center Paints Glowing (and False) Picture of Itself
Animals in LaboratoriesThe abysmal animal welfare record of the New Iberia Research Center (NIRC) at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is well documented: three stipulated penalty fines from 2007, 2010, and...
Scientists Must Step Up After USDA Comes Down on SCBT
Animals in LaboratoriesAs the previous AWI Quarterly was going to press, we received the stunning news of a USDA settlement with Santa Cruz Biotechnology (SCBT) with respect to allegations of repeated and egregious violations...
The Animal Welfare Act: Lifeline for Some Lab Animals Turns 50
Animals in LaboratoriesThe animals were kept on a former dairy farm in Gainesville, Virginia, where there was no heat, windows were broken, water pipes had frozen up, and dead dogs remained among...
Santa Cruz Biotech Stalls as Reputation Falls
Animals in LaboratoriesThe US Department of Agriculture hearing against Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc. (SCBT), scheduled for early April, has been pushed back to August 15—the fourth time over the past two years...