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Research and Development :: Pharmaceuticals
Biomedical Research :: Institutes, Departments, and Laboratories
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Institutions :: Toxicology
Methods and Techniques :: Toxicology
Research Ethics :: Science in Society
Animal Rights :: Animal Welfare
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Bioethics :: Applied

Alternatives to Skin Irritation Testing in Animals - Not-for-profit website developed to display information about alternatives to skin irritation testing in animals. Abstracts from peer-reviewed scientific journals, thesaurus, acknowledgements, archives, background notes, bibliography, featured abstract links, new additions, Student's Corner. Jane Huggins, Ph.D.

American Psychological Association Committee on Animal Research and Ethics - Policies, guidelines, and other information on the use of nonhuman animals in psychological research.
Meta Description: [ Committee on Animal Research Ethics ]

Animal Aid: Animal Experiments - Petitions, articles and press releases, 'Mad Science' awards, reports, genetic research and animals, statistics, factsheets and The Animal Act. UK.
Meta Description: [ Animal Aid ]

Animal Aid: Humane Research - Articles, press releases and links about alternatives to using animals for research. UK.
Meta Description: [ Animal Aid ]

404 CBC News - No Safe Place - Reveals how a lost pet could die in the name of science.
Meta Description: [ CBC News: Disclosure probes the secretive world of animal experimentation to find that cats and dogs consigned to some pounds are sold for research. The Price? $2.00 a cat, $6.00 a dog. And it may take as little as 72 hours. ]

Does a Dog Have Buddha Nature? - A Buddhist view of using animals for research and classroom dissection. Robert A. Leopold for Heartland Sangha in Illinois, US.
Meta Description: [ Does A Dog Have Buddha Nature ]

ICM Research - Guardian Poll - January 2001 - Animal testing question about supporting or opposing for new human medicines. UK.

Information on Alternatives Databases - Worldwide directory of databases created as an international joint effort with ECVAM. From the Norwegian Reference Centre for Laboratory Animal Science and Alternatives.

Laboratory Animals - Animal Welfare Institute - Searchable collection of information resources on care and environmental enrichment for animals kept in cages or used in research.

Medical Research - Articles and links concerning fraudulent and unscientific practices in medical research and product safety testing, including many about the use of animals. From Campaign Against Fraudulent Medical Research. New South Wales, Australia.
Meta Description: [ From this index site you can find a wide selection of informative articles and links concerning fraudulent and unscientific practices in medical research and products safety testing. ]

MORI Polls - Animal Experiments: How Do People Form Their Opinions? - Analysis of interviews conducted June and September 1999. Includes link to full pdf report on Animals in Medicine and Science. UK.
Meta Description: [ Ipsos MORI Polls & Surveys - Animals in Medicine and Science ]

MORI Polls - Attitudes Towards Experimentation on Live Animals, New Scientist - Complete questions and answers. UK.
Meta Description: [ Ipsos MORI Polls & Surveys - Attitudes Towards Experimentation on Live Animals, New Scientist ]

New York University School of Medicine Division of Laboratory Animal Resources - Includes compliance issues and protocol information, access to forms for downloading, and faculty and contact resources.

NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare - Policies, laws, certifications, grant information, and other resources pertaining to treatment of animals used for research by the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
Meta Description: [ Web site for the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW), NIH ]

Scientific Anti-Vivisectionism - Attempts to refute the claims made for animal experiments by showing differences in animal physiology.
Meta Description: [ This site is unique - a critique of the claims made of benefits of animal experiments with scientific, medical and historical evidence. No graphics, no moral, ethical, or philosophical arguments - just fully referenced facts. ]

The 3Rs: Refinement, Reduction, Replacement - Article which puts forth arguments that the 3Rs are, in effect, pro-vivisection policies, and that vivisection must be abolished completely and immediately. From the New Zealand Anti-Vivisection Society.

The Absurdity of Vivisection - Extensive set of arguments, articles and newsletters against animal experimentation. Surrey, England.
Meta Description: [ Analysis of whether vivisection has any scientific merit or can be ethically defended. ]

World Animal Net: Cosmetics Campaign - Information and links to organizations involved in banning animal testing of cosmetic products and ingredients.