Program Term Archive
Animals in Laboratories
“Living Cadavers” Replace Living Animals in Surgery Training
Animals in LaboratoriesThe replacement of live animal models with alternatives is an encouraging recent trend in medical education. Where the use of live animals was once standard practice in medical school curricula,...
Class B Dealers Unnecessary, National Academy of Sciences Tells NIH
Animals in LaboratoriesIn what the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) hopes will be the death knell for this cruel cottage industry, a National Academy of Sciences Committee report released on May 29 and...
Carol Noon
Animals in Laboratories1949-2009 The animal protection community lost a true champion for chimpanzees on May 2, when Dr. Carole Noon passed away at 59 years of age after a battle with pancreatic...
Dr. Marjorie Anchel-Rackow
Animals in Laboratories1910-2009 Member of the Scientific Committee of the Animal Welfare Institute since 1967, Dr. Marjorie Anchel-Rackow passed away on April 29, a week shy of her 99th birthday. Well known for...
Tickled Pink
Animals in LaboratoriesSylvie Cloutier, PhD, and Ruth C. Newberry, PhD, present playful handling as social enrichment for laboratory rats When animals are used in research,there is seldom, if ever, a focus on...