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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
- Adoption of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: Eighth Edition (Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, National Institutes of Health; January 30, 2012)
- 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)
- Animal Research Ethics: Evolving Views and Practices (Hastings Center; 2013; PDF)
- AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals (AVMA; 2013; PDF)
- Council of Councils Working Group on the Use of Chimpanzees in NIH-Supported Research (NIH; January 22, 2013; 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 for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: Eighth Edition (Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, National Institutes of Health; 2011)
- Guide to Care and Use of Experimental Animals (Canadian Council on Animal Care)
- Husbandry manual for siamang (Hylobates syndactylus) (Rebecca Riley, Western Sydney Institute of TAFE, Richmond; 2008; PDF)
- 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)
- Protocol Online
- Requirements for Importers of Nonhuman Primates (Federal Register; January 5, 2011)
- Review of Research Using Non-Human Primates (Report of a panel chaired by Professor Sir Patrick Bateson FRS; 2011)
- 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)
- The Use of Non-Human Primates in Research (aka the Weatherall Report, from the Academy of Medical Sciences, UK; 2006)
IACUCs
Importation/Exportation
Inspections
Legislation and Policies
- Animal Welfare Act
- Animal Welfare Regulations (2005 Code of Federal Regulations, USDA)
- Brazil Law 11,794.08 (Ministerio da CIencia e Tecnologia, Brasil; 2008)
- 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 Animal Welfare Act 1999
- New Zealand National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee: Good Practice Guide for the Use of Animals in Research, Testing and Teaching (September 2002)
- New Zealand's National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee 2005 Annual Report (2005)
- 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
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