Links and website statements
Here are links to the websites of key organisations involved in animal research, laboratory animal welfare, regulation and general debate about the issues.
Suggestions for other links are welcome; please contact us.
Discussion forum
Organisations explaining the need for animals in research
AnimalResearch.info - an international collaboration of scientists
American Physiological Society
Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Association of Medical Research Charities
Americans for Medical Progress
Djurforsok - information about animal research in Sweden
EFPIA Animal Research for Life
European Biomedical Research Association (EBRA)
Foundation for Biomedical Research
States United for Biomedical Research
Protection against animal rights extremism
Government Departments and Advisors
Animals (Scientific Procedures) Inspectorate
Organisations working on the 3Rs
Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC)
Australia and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Testing (ANZCCART)
Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT)
National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs)
European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM)
Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments (FRAME)
Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM)
Laboratory Animals Veterinary Association (LAVA)
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA)
Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW)
Laboratory animal science and technology organisations
American Association of Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS)
Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations (FELASA)
Institute of Animal Technology (IAT)
Laboratory Animal Science Association (LASA)
Groups campaigning to abolish animal research
Animal Defenders International
British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection
National Anti Vivisection Society
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
Stop Huntington Animal Cruelty (SHAC)
Website statements
Over 100 leading UK research organisations have web statements backing the ethical use of animals in medical research. While some have had such statements for a long time, many have been made in the last few years.
This represents a dramatic increase in openness about the issue and demonstrates a new-found determination to counter irrationality and violence with facts and arguments.
Charities
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Meningitis Research Foundation
Companies
Institutes
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science
Institute of Animal Technology
Institute of Food Research (IFR)
National Institute for Medical Research
Veterinary Laboratories Agency
Societies/Trusts
Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour
British Pharmacological Society
British Society for Animal Science
British Society for Immunology
British Veterinary Association
Laboratory Animal Veterinary Association
Laboratory Animals Science Association
St George's Hospital Medical School
Umbrella organisations
Association of Medical Research Charities
Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Council of Heads of Medical Schools
European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA)
In Vitro Testing Industrial Platform (VTIP)
International Council for Laboratory Animal Science (ICLAS)
Laboratory Animals Breeders Association of Great Britain
Universities
Queen Mary, University of London
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Others
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Universities Federation for Animal Welfare