Archive: Animals in Laboratories
National Academies’ Curious Conflict of Interest Criteria
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) recently announced the provisional composition of an ad hoc committee that...
Court Intervenes to Halt Horror at Beagle Breeding Facility
A federal court in Virginia has taken the extraordinary step of granting the Department of Justice a temporary restraining order...
Monkeying Around as Enrichment: Using Caregivers to Provide Social Enrichment to Macaques in Research
by Rachel van Vliet, MSc student, McGill University; Dr. Nadège Aigueperse, researcher, National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment;...
Replacing Animals in Experimentation: Where We Are, Where We’re Going
Experiments on animals (“in vivo” experiments) have long been the norm for learning about human health and disease, because testing...
NIH Announces Major Change in Funding Priorities
In line with its recently announced initiative to prioritize human-based research (see AWI Quarterly, summer 2025), the NIH announced in July that moving...
Life After the Lab
Initiatives to encourage adoption or sanctuary placement of animals whose time in the laboratory has come to an end have...
Beagle Breeder Under Investigation
Ridglan Farms, one of two remaining US breeders of beagles for research (and the country’s second largest dog breeder overall),...
AWI Launches Revamped Refinement Database
AWI is excited to announce the 25th anniversary relaunch of our Refinement Database, which has been updated and modernized and can...
AWI Joins Partnership to Advance Nonanimal Experimentation Methods
AWI has joined the Validation & Qualification Network (VQN), a public-private partnership to foster the development and use of new approach...
Apply Now: Funding Available to Develop or Implement Refinements
Through October 13, AWI is accepting applications for its Refinement Research Award and its Implementing Refinement Grant. Refinements, in this...
Latest AWI Quarterly Articles on Animals in Laboratories
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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...