Program Term Archive
Animals in Laboratories
Positive Strides at AALAS Meeting
Animals in LaboratoriesThe 62nd National Meeting of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS)—the largest research animal-specific conference in the United States—was held in San Diego, California, October 2–6, 2011. AWI was...
Will Harvard Primate Laboratory Change Its Modus Operandi?
Animals in LaboratoriesMultiple serious and disturbing Animal Welfare Act citations by USDA veterinary inspectors at Harvard’s New England Primate Research Center (NEPRC) were reported in the Spring 2012 AWI Quarterly. In June, according...
A Phenomenon Named Viktor Reinhardt: AWI Salutes a Visionary Advocate for Better Treatment of Animals in Research
Animals in LaboratoriesThe Improved Standards for Laboratory Animals amendments to the Animal Welfare Act were signed into law in 1985. The new law contained many significant mandates for research institutions, including a...
Giving Animals in Research a (Day) Break with Gradual Lighting Systems
Animals in LaboratoriesFor animals in the wild, days and nights are not delineated via a flick of the switch on the wall. Rather, dawn brings on a gradual waxing of the light,...
Animal Abuse Abundant in Spite of AAALAC Accreditation
Animals in LaboratoriesThe mission of the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC) is to “enhance the quality of research, teaching, and testing by promoting humane, responsible animal...
Texas Science Teacher Employs Humane Education to Energize Students
Animals in LaboratoriesI was excited about the opportunity to educate students about this incredible world we inhabit. I have the greatest job in the world! I get to teach really interesting topics,...
Do Animals Have a Sense of Humor?
Animals in LaboratoriesWhether animals have a sense of humor was the focus of a recent Laboratory Animal Refinement & Enrichment Forum (LAREF) discussion. Certainly the juveniles of many animal species exhibit play...
Primate Sanctuary Provides Happy Home for Hard Luck Monkeys
Animals in LaboratoriesMiss Riley, a large stump-tailed macaque, selects a carrot and hands it to her roommate, Bugs. As Bugs (as in “Bunny”) starts to eat, Riley leans in close, her face...
Training Primates to Cooperate During Blood Collection
Animals in LaboratoriesFor macaques and other primates in research laboratories, blood draws can be extremely stressful events. The anxiety and fear, however, may result not so much from any “phobia” involving the...
Animal Welfare Institute Announces 2011 Schweitzer Awards
Press ReleaseNovember 9, 2011Animals in Laboratories, Companion AnimalsOn Monday, November 14, 2011, US Assistant Attorney General Laurie Robinson, who heads the US Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, will present the Animal Welfare institute’s (AWI) Albert...