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Animal Welfare Legislation and Policies

This page links to information dealing with legislation, guidelines, and policies related to the care and use of research animals, including IACUCs, importation/exportation and inspections.

Guidelines to the Care and Use of Research Animals

• AAALAC - American Association for the Accreditation of Lab Animal Care  
• American Psychological Association Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in Care and Use of Animals  
• American Society of Mammalogists: Guidelines for the Capture, Handling and Care of Mammals  (PDF)
• Education and Training in the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals  
• Essentials for Animal Research  
• Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals  
• Guide to Care and Use of Experimental Animals  (Canadian Council on Animal Care)
• Linee Guida Per Il Mantenimento e l'impiego dei Primati Non Umani  (Guidelines on housing and care, Italian Primatological Association)
• NHMRC Policy on Use of Non-Human Primates in Medical Research  (Australia)
• Policies on the Use of Animals and Humans in Neuroscience Research  (Society for Neuroscience)
• Primate Accommodation, Care and Use  (National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research)
• The Psychological Well-Being of Nonhuman Primates  (a 1998 report of the Committee on Well-Being of Nonhuman Primates, Institute for Laboratory Animal Research, National Research Council, 1998)

IACUCs

• Animal Care and Use Committees  (Animal Welfare Information Center, National Agricultural Library)
• Animal Use and Care, University of California - Davis  
• IACUC Talk  (Discussion list from SCAW)
• Institute for Laboratory Animal Research  (ILAR)
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Consortium  (American Association for Laboratory Animal Science)

Importation/Exportation

• CDC Division of Global Migration and Quarantine: Laws and Regulations  
• Importation of Nonhuman Primates  (CDC, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine)
• NIH Policy Manual: 3044-1: NONHUMAN PRIMATE QUARANTINE  

Inspections

• Animal Care Resource Guide: Exhibitor Inspection Guide  (USDA, 2004)
• Animal Care Resource Guide: Research Facility Inspection Guide  (USDA, March 2006)
• USDA Animal Welfare Report for 2000  

Legislation and Policies

• Animal Welfare Act  
• Animal Welfare Act Factsheet  (APHIS, USDA, January 2002)
• Animal Welfare Regulations  (2005 Code of Federal Regulations, USDA, 2005)
• Captive Primate Safety Act  (House Bill H.R. 1329, March 16, 2005)
• Clinton Statement on Chimpanzee Health Act  
• Good Laboratory Practice Standards  
• Great Ape Conservation Act of 1999  (PDF, PDF)
• H.R. 2964: Captive Primate Safety Act  
• H.R. 3514 -- Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance, and Protection Act  
• Import of Pet Primates  (Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Animal Health and Production Division)
• NABR Animal Law Section  
• New Zealand National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee: Good Practice Guide for the Use of Animals in Research, Testing and Teaching  (September 2002)
• OPRR Laboratory Animal Welfare Document Library  
• PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Lab Animals  
• PL 102-346 Animal Enterprise Protection Act of 1992  
• PL 99-158 Health Research Extension Act of 1985  
• State Regulations  (Regarding pet primates)
• The Animal Welfare Act: An Overview  (USDA, APHIS)
• The Animal Welfare Act: Research Facilities Factsheet  (APHIS, USDA, PDF)
• Wild Animal and Plant Trade Regulations in Canada  

Other Resources

• National Reference Center on Bioethics Literature  
• Primates for Primates: Human Primates Working for Nonhuman Primates  
• The Evolving Legal Status of Chimpanzees  (Animal Law, 2003)