Archive: Animals in Laboratories
Daniel Moulton, Dealer of Chinchillas for Research, Has License Revoked
On October 8, US Department of Agriculture administrative law judge Jill Clifton permanently revoked the dealer license of Daniel Moulton,...
Blood Money: Vested Industry Interests Keep Drain Open on Horseshoe Crab Population
They are captured from the wild, piled inside plastic bins, and hauled into labs where they are strapped to a...
Birds Finally in Line for Animal Welfare Act Protections
It only took 20 years, two lawsuits, and prodding from Congress for the US Department of Agriculture to finally propose...
Conventional Rodent Housing Is Harmful to Animals and Science
A meta-analysis recently published in the journal BMC Biology (Cait et al., 2022) found that rats and mice housed in conventional laboratory...
Congratulations to This Year’s AWI Refinement Grant Recipients
Every year, AWI awards grants of up to US$10,000 to support research projects aimed at developing or testing new and...
Breaking Up the Fight Before It Begins: Detecting Early Signs of Inter-male Aggression in Mice
Inter-male aggression in mice continues to challenge laboratory animal husbandry personnel, as intervention strategies are typically applied at the cage...
Behavioral Patterns of Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Exploring a “Fish Tower”
Curiosity—the drive to gather information—is considered a fundamental motivation throughout the animal kingdom. As such, providing opportunities to satisfy that...
Something Doesn’t Add Up
Fish can perform simple addition and subtraction, a study recently published in the journal Scientific Reports revealed (Schluessel et al., 2022). In...
Should Killing Surplus Lab Animals Be a Crime?
A court in Germany is investigating whether killing animals bred for labs but never used in research constitutes a crime,...
Protective and Stimulatory Environmental Enrichments in Japanese Quail Colony
Barren colony cages are often used for housing of breeding and research quail, especially within laboratory animal housing systems. These...
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New Analysis: Animal Welfare Act Enforcement Deteriorates Following SCOTUS Ruling
In Program: Animals in LaboratoriesThe US Department of Agriculture, long known for its lackluster enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), appears in recent years to have drifted even...
AWI Statement on Trump Administration’s Plan to Reduce Animal Experimentation Amid Attack on Science
In Program: Animals in LaboratoriesThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds recent announcements by the National Institutes of Health and the US Food and Drug Administration about their plans to reduce the use of...
AWI Scholarship Winners Campaign for a Better World for Animals
In Program: Animals in Laboratories, Farmed AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced today the 12 winners of a scholarship designed to invest in future leaders who seek to improve the lives...
AWI Supports Phasing Out Animal Use in Research and Testing, but Proper Planning is Essential to Protect Animals and Science
In Program: Animals in LaboratoriesLast month, both the National Institutes of Health and the US Food and Drug Administration announced plans to phase out the use of animals in...