UC Center for Animal Alternatives
School of Veterinary Medicine
University of California, Davis
Information Resources for
Animal Welfare and Alternatives
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Alternatives Research &
Development Foundation (ARDF)
14280 Golf View Drive
Eden Prairie, MN 55346-3000
Tel: 612-949-2409
Fax: 612.949.2619
American Association for Laboratory
Animal Science (AALAS)
70 Timber Creek Drive, Suite 5
Cordova, TN 38018
Tel: 901-754-8620; Fax: 901.753.0046
A nonprofit association of persons and institutions professionally involved
with the production, care and study of laboratory animals, AALAS provides
for the exchange of scientific information on all phases of laboratory animals
and their welfare through educational activities and certification programs.
AALAS promotes the humane care and treatment of laboratory animals through
educational programs, publications, and certification activities. AALAS
publishes the scientific journal Laboratory Animal Science, the magazine
Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science, a booklet, Audiovisual
aids for Laboratory Animal Science, and the AALAS Training Manuals.
American Fund for Alternatives to Animal Research (AFAAR).
175 West 12th Street, Suite 16G
New York, NY 10011
Tel: 212-989-8073
Fax: 212.989.8073
To stimulate and encourage the development of research and testing methods
without the use of live animals, AFAAR provides financial incentives in the
form of grants to help speed the development, evaluation, and use of alternatives
American Society of Laboratory Animal
Practitioners (ASLAP)
University of Texas Medical School
6431 Fannin Street, Room B236
Houston, TX 77030
Tel: 713-792-5127
ASLAP, which is open to veterinary students and members of the American,
Australian and Canadian veterinary medical associations, seeks to disseminate
knowledge and provide training with research aims.
Animal Welfare Information
Center (AWIC)
National Agricultural Library, Fifth Floor
10301 Baltimore Blvd
Bethesda MD 20705-2351
Tel: 301 504-6212
Fax: 301.504.5472
Email: awic@nal.usda.gov
AWIC is an information center for the following subjects: proper care and
use of laboratory animals, alternatives to animal testing, training materials
for laboratory animal personnel and investigators using animals, improved
and refined research methodologies, animal care and use committees, and
other areas pertinent to animal welfare.
Animal Welfare Institute
(AWI)
PO Box 3650, Georgetown Station
Washington DC 20007
Tel: 202-337-2332; Fax: 202.338.9478
AWI is a non-profit charitable organization founded in 1951 that seeks
to reduce the pain and fear inflicted on animals by man. One specific goal
is to see the full implementation of alternatives (the Three Rs, refinement,
reduction, and replacement of animals) implemented in research and testing.
The Institute was instrumental in publishing and distributing Russell and
Burch's The Principles of Humane Experimental Technique and continues to
publish and distribute information on all three Rs. AWI desires to work cooperatively
with the biomedical industry to change conditions and explore replacement
methodologies.
Animals
in Medicines Research Information Centre
12 Whitehall, London SW1A 2DY, UK
Tel:+44 (171) 588 08 41
AMRIC supports the responsible use of animals to find new medicines. It
maintains a roster of speakers.
Its publications include booklets (Understanding animal research), Fact
Sheets (Animals in medicine research: Leukaemia), and a science resource
book for GCSE (Finding out about animal experimentation).
Applied Research
Ethics National Association (ARENA)
see Public Responsibility in Medicine & Research (PRM&R).
Arbeitskreis fur die Furderung von tierversuchsfreier Forschung (AFTF)
Postfach 39
A-1123 Wien, Austria
Tel/Fax:+43 1 815 1023
Association for Assessment and Accreditation
of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC)
11300 Rockville Pike, Suite 1211
Rockville, MD 20852-3035
Tel: 301-231-5353; 800-926-0066
Fax: 301.231.8282
AAALAC accreditation is voluntary and is sought by many types of research
facilities, including those using non-regulated species. Accreditation
represents an added commitment to high quality research animal care and assures
scientists and administrators with an independent, rigorous assessment of
their organization's animal care and use program. Maintenance of AAALAC
accreditation is affirmation of an animal program's accountability and its
efforts to promote ethical practices in the care and use of animals. Accreditation
encourages a consistent standard of animal care and use, while supporting
individual scientific needs.
Association of Veterinarians
for Animal Rights (AVAR)
National Office
PO Box 208, Davis CA 95617-0208
Tel: 916-759-8106; Fax: 916.759.8116
AVAR's Alternatives in Education database is downloadable in either a Windows
3.x or Windows 95 version from the web site. It is also available for $5.00
from AVAR on diskette. The database has been distributed to the chairs of
all federally-mandated institutional animal care and use committees registered
with the Public Health Service. AVAR publishes position statements, manuscripts
on key issues, the newsletter AVAR Directions and a newsletter for
veterinary students, Alternatives in veterinary medical education.
Australian and New Zealand
Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Training (ANZCCART)
PO Box 19, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia
Tel: +61-8-8303-7393
Fax: +61.8.8303.7113
or
ANZCCART New Zealand
c/- Royal Society of New Zealand
PO Box 598, Wellington, NZ
Tel: +64-4-472-7421; Fax:+64.4.473.1841
ANZCCART publishes proceedings of their scientific meetings (eg, The ethical
and scientific perspectives of animal pain), scientific publications (Euthanasia
of animals), a series of fact sheets, and a newsletter, ANZCCART News.
Canadian Council on
Animal Care (CCAC)
Conseil Canadien de Protection des Animaux (CCPA)
Constitution Square, Tower II
315-350 Albert
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1R 1B1
Tel: +1 613-238-4031; Fax: +1 613.238.2837
CCAC is a national, voluntary peer review organization founded in 1968
to safeguard the well-being of experimental animals used in research, teaching,
and mandatory testing. Cofunded by the Canadian Medical Research Council
and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, CCAC is composed
of organizations from academic, government, industry, laboratory animal science
and animal welfare.
Computer-Aided Learning in Veterinary Education (CLIVE) Consortium
Launched 1 December 1993 CLIVE is funded for three years by the UK Higher
Education Funding Councils. All materials funded will be made freely available
worldwide. CLIVE includes all six of the UK universities with veterinary
schools. CLIVE's effort will coincide with revisions in the UK curriculum,
which are moving toward more self-directed study. It aims to cover all parts
of the curriculum, but specially those where exchange of course materials
with other groups in medicine and biology is less possible, as in the clinical
years.
Computer-Assisted
Learning Facility (CALF)
School of Veterinary Medicine
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616
CALF was founded in 1990 to assist the faculty of the School of Veterinary
Medicine in developing state-of-the-art learning tools. CALF provides advanced
computer imaging equipment, programming and technical support to faculty
and develops interactive programs designed for teaching both college undergraduate
and graduate veterinary students. Two interactive atlases, Canine Osteology,
and Equine Osteology, feature full-color photographic images, digitized radiographic
images, selected clinical conditions, an interactively cross-referenced
glossary, and randomly generated questions for the matching Quiz Programs.
CONVINCE: Consortium of North American Veterinary Interactive New Concept Education
CONVINCE encourages cooperative development and sharing of interactive video and hypermedia programs for veterinary medical education. CONVINCE is encouraging change in veterinary medical education by encouraging involvement of the American colleges of veterinary medicine and allied groups in collaborative efforts to incorporate interactive video and hypermedia into educational programs. CONVINCE publishes requests for proposals and a newsletter.
Eurogroup for Animal Welfare.
13 rue Boduognat
B-1040 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +32 2 231-13-88
Fax: +32 2 230.17.00
European Biomedical Research Association
(EBRA)
EBRA Secretariat
58 Great Marlborough St
London W1V 1DD, UK
EBRA is an association of individuals and organizations in the scientific,
medical and veterinary communities in the countries of the Council of Europe.
EBRA was established to promote public understanding of the importance of
animals in medical and veterinary research and safety testing. EBRA publications
include a European bulletin about the use of animals in biomedical research
and testing. EBRA also maintains an email bulletin service for its members.
European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM).
Joint Research Centre Environment Institute
21020 Ispra (Varenna), Italy
Michael Balls, Head
Tel: +9 332 785 939; Fax: +9 932.795.390
URL: http://www.ei.jrc.it/report/ecvam.html
The Commission of the European Union established ECVAM to encourage research into the development of alternative techniques that will provide the same level of information as that obtained in experiments using animals, but which involve fewer animals or entail less painful procedures.
ECVAM coordinates the validation of alternative test methods at the EU level, acts as a focal point for the exchange of information on the development of alternative test methods, manages a database on alternative procedures, and promotes dialogue among the legislatures, industries, consumer organizations, biomedical scientists, and animal welfare groups, with a view to the development of alternative test methods.
ECVAM's information services will focus on alternative methods and their status, validation studies, chemicals or formulations and their in vivo and in vitro toxicity profiles, the accumulation and use of industry-owned property data, QSAR data, data analysis, and in vivo/in vitro comparisons, a register of the outcomes validation studies, on changes in regulatory practice, and a register of European in vitro pharmacotoxicologists.
ECVAM workshops review the current status of various types of tests and
their potential uses and identify the best ways forward. ECVAM symposia will
deal with wider issues, such as the practical aspects of validation.
European Cosmetic Toiletry and Perfumery Association (COLIPA)
Rue du Congr?s, 5-7
B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +32 2-227-66-10; Fax:+32 2.227.66.27
COLIPA was established in 1962 to provide expertise and support to a range
of working groups dealing in scientific, economic, fiscal, legal, consumer
and environmental issues; to assist members in complying witha European Union
legislation affecting produts and operations; to act as an industry voice
working with both international authorities and organizations and to serve
as a communication and information centre for the European cosmetic industry.
Its membership comprises national associations from the fifteen EU member
states, six associate member associations and 21 major international companies.
SCAAT, the Colipa Steering Committee on Alternatives to Animal Testing
was established in 1992 to coordinate the efforts of the cosmetic industry
in the research and development of alternative methodologies. SCAAT is
recognized by the authorities as a credible and authoritative voice on the
execution of programmes and generation of data to contribute to the validation
of alternative methods. The packet Alternatives to Animal Testing: the
Facts covers products, key facts about animal testing, the summary of
the 1995 Brussels Symposium on Alternatives to Animal Testing, and citations
to research published by scientists of member organizat ions.
European Research Group for Alternatives in Toxicity Testing (ERGATT)
Secretariat: c/o Research Institute of Toxicology
Utrecht University
P O Box 80.176
3508 TD Utrecht, The Netherlands
URL: http://embryo.ib.amwaw.edu.pl/~dslado/ ergatt/ergatt1.htm
ERGATT's principal objective is the stimulation of innovative concepts
and new practical approaches in toxicology and toxicity testing. It considers
that the 3Rs should be major objectives in these fields and that in vitro
systems represent the most promising replacement alternative approach. Therefore
its first priority is to develop, validate, evaluate and promote in vitro
methods in toxicology and toxicity testing. Its programme ECITTS is an integrated
approach to the prediction of systemic toxicity using computer-based biokinetic
models and biological in vitro test methods.
Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC).
Secretariat
Government Buildings, Hook Rise South
Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrey KT6 7NF, UK
Tel: +44 (181) 330-8031 (general inquiries)
Fax: +44 (181) 335.4274
Foundation for Biomedical Research (FBR).
818 Connecticut Avenue N.W., Third Floor
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: +1 202-457-0654
Fax: +1 202.457.0659
Email: nabr-fbr@access.digex.com
URL: http://www.fbresearch.org/
URL: http://www.nabr.org
Contact: Frankie Trull, President.
NABR and FBR represent the scientific community on the issue of humane care and treatment of laboratory animals. The mission of FBR is to provide the public with scientific facts regarding the need for continued humane and responsible use of animals in biomedical research, education, and product safety testing. Its role includes public education, including provision of educational materials to the general public, the media, students, and the research community. FBR develops educational and training materials for researchers who use animal models.
FBR publications include the FBR newsletter and a Directory of animal
rights/welfare organizations. Write for a current list of publications and
a speaker's kit.
Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experimentation (FRAME).
Russell & Burch House
96-98 North Sherwood Street
Nottingham NG1 4EE, UK
Robert Combes, Scientific Director
Tel: +44 (115) 958-4740
Fax: +44 (115) 950. 3570
Email: frame@frame-uk.demon.co.uk
Email (ATLA): atla@frame-uk.demon.co.uk
Email (INVITTOX): invittox@frame-uk.demon.co. uk
Membership in FRAME is open to all. FRAME focuses on legislative and regulatory reform, scientific research, publications, specific issue campaigns, and public education. FRAME maintains an information center and a speaker's bureau and sponsors research and validation trials for replacement methods.
FRAME's publishes the scientific journal Alternatives to Laboratory
Animals: ATLA, the newsletter FRAME News, and monographs, such
as The Use of Non-Human Primates as Laboratory Animals in Great Britain.
INVITTOX. FRAME maintains this data bank of verified in vitro methods
in toxicology for ERGATT and ECVAM. Verification is made by the originators
of the methods and is regularly updated. Its aim is to present precise and
up-to-date technical information for the perfor-mance of in vitro techniques
currently in use and development, their applications, advantages, and drawbacks.
FRAME obtains this information directly from those scientists already employing
such methods. Each protocol includes comprehensively detailed methodologies,
sufficient in detail to enable another researcher to carry out the procedure,
experimental data (i.e., lists of the chemicals which have been tested using
the system, together with their toxic profiles), the rationale for choice
of the technique and endpoint, and critical assessment comments from the
author (e.g., the accuracy of the system, its sensitivity, ease of implementation,
shortcomings, etc.).
URL: http://embryo.ib.amwaw.edu.pl/~dslado/invittox/main.html
Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR).
Tom Wolfle, DVM, PhD, Director
Bernadette Mariotte, PhD, Program Director
2101 Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20418
Tel:+1 203-334-2590; Fax 202.334.1687
Email: ILAR@nas.edu
URL: http://www2.nas.edu/ilarhome/
A component of the National Research Council, ILAR develops and makes available scientific and technical information on laboratory animals and other biologic research resources. Guidelines developed by ILAR form a basis for institutional and governmental policies on animal care and use. ILAR publishes monographs (Recognition and Alleviation of Pain and Distress in Laboratory Animals), occasional bibliographies (Annotated Bibliography on Uncommonly Used Laboratory Animals: Mammals), and a quarterly journal, ILAR Journal, which includes substantive articles. ILAR's most frequently used service to the biomedical community is the Animal Models and Genetic Stocks Information Program, a computerized database on U.S. commercial and investigator-held colonies of commonly and less-commonly used laboratory animals.
Write for a list of current publications, some of which are sold by the
National Academy Press, which includes The ILAR Journal.
International Academy of Animal Welfare Sciences (IAAWS).
This international network of specialists can advise those who work to
improve particular aspects of animal welfare in their own countries. Members
provide expertise on and actively promote animal welfare. They donate time
and share ex-pertise. Proposed members are confirmed and their credibility,
skill, and practical experience guaran-teed. IAAWS also provides an advisory
service to answer queries, maintains a database of those queries and their
answers, registers international participants, forms IAAWS centres in member's
countries, translates appropriate texts and videos into other languages,
sets up special interest groups to encourage direct communication, and works
with authorities and other interested groups.
Contact: IAAWS, 8 Hamilton Close, South Mimms, Potters Bar, Herts EN6 3QD,
UK
Tel:: 01707 658-202; Fax: 01707.649.279
International Foundation for Ethical Research.
Michael J. Bello, Ph.D., Executive Director
53 West Jackson Blvd, Suite 1552
Chicago IL 60604
Tel: +1 312-427-6025; Fax: +1 312.427.6524
Founded in 1985 to promote the discovery, development and implementation
of viable, scientifically valid alternatives to the use of live animals in
research, testing and education, IFER seeks to fulfill its mission through
research grants, publications, workshops, seminars and symposia. IFER focuses
on the four Rs, refinement, reduction, replacement, and responsibility--to
both human and nonhuman animals. It has funded development of a computer
simulation program of renal function and synthetic skin. IFER has conducted
workshops dealing with alternatives in education. Its first five years of
awards, through 1991-92, totalled over $325,000.
IFER publishes the proceedings of its annual meetings and a newsletter.
International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE).
Formed in 1966 as the Society for Veterinary Ethology, ISAE expanded rapidly to cover all applied aspects of ethology and other behavioral sciences which are relevant to many human-animal interactions such as farming, wildlife management, pet-keeping, and pest control. ISAE has a federal structure with regional secretaries in several European countries, the USA, Canada, and Australasia. In 1991 it took its present name.
Membership is open to those in agriculture, veterinary science, zoology,
and other animal sciences. Annual members (1995) is ?10.00, payable by personal
cheque, standing order from UK bank accounts, banker's order, bank transfer,
or by credit card. Application forms are available from Dr. S Mark Rutter,
ISAE membership secretary, Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research,
North Wyke, Okehampton, Devon EX20 2SB, UK;
Email: isae.membership@bbsrc. ac.uk; Fax:+44 1837.82139
Members can subscribe to the Elsevier Science journal Applied Animal
Behaviour Science at a reduced rate. They also receive the ISAE Newsletter
twice a year.
Japanese Society for the Advancement of Alternative Methods (JSAAE).
Nagasaki University Pharmaceutical Sciences
1-14 Bunkyo-Machi
Nagasaki 852, Japan
Contact: Masami Watanabe
Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT).
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
111 Market Place, Suite 840
Baltimore MD 21202-6709
Tel:+1 410-233-1693; Fax: 1 410.233.1603
Email: caat@caat.spharbor.jhu.edu
URL: http://www.infonet.sph.jhu.edu/~caat
Contact: Alan M Goldberg, Director
Joanne Zurlo, Associate Director
CAAT seeks to foster the development of scientifically acceptable in vitro and other alternatives for use in the development and safety evaluation of commercial and therapeutic products; catalyze the development of alternative methods and encourage their use where appropriate while continuing to ensure the health of the public; and disseminate scientifically correct information about alternatives, their uses, advantages, and limitations. CAAT has funded more than 100 cutting-edge research programs in alternative methodologies world-wide.
Its publications include a newsletter, the book series Alternative Methods
in Toxicology, a series of technical reports and a cartoon newsletter
for middle schools, CAATalyst. The Validation and Technology Transfer
Committee of the CAAT Advisory Board has published a Framework for Validation
of Implementation of In Vitro Toxicity Testing. Its staff have published
Animals and Alternatives in Testing: History, Science, and Ethics
(Mary Ann Liebert, New York, 1993) and founded the scientific journal In
Vitro Toxicology.
Beginning with the Summer 1994 issue, the CAAT newsletter is available
on its URL.
Beginning early in 1997 CAAT is coordinating development of an alternatives
website at the URL:
http://www.infonet.sph.jhu.edu/~altweb.
Joseph and Rose Kennedy Institute of Ethics
Georgetown University
Washington DC, 20057
Tel: +1 202-687-6774
Fax: +1 202.687.8089
URL: http://guweb.georgetown.edu/Kennedy
The Institute organizes intensive summer courses on the ethical uses of
animal use in research, education, and testing, with sessions on alternatives.
The Institute's National Research Center for Bioethics Literature compiles
the database BIOETHICSLINE(R), one of the National Library of Medicine
MEDLINE(R) databases.
Contact the Center at 800-MED-ETHX (in the USA and Canada); Fax:+1 202.687.6770;
Email: medethx@ guvm.ccf.georgetown.edu
The Joseph F. Morgan Research Foundation.
401-126 York St
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5T5, Canada
Gillian Griffin, Executive Director
Tel: 613-238-4031
Email: ggriffin@bart.ccac.ca
Disseminates funds for research and information for methodology development
seeking to advance and promote scientific knowledge, research and education
in techniques which will provide the most humane treatment of experimental
animals.
Lasker Center for Humane Alternatives to the Use of Animals in Research,
Testing, and Education.
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
424 East 92nd St
New York NY 10128-6804
Tel: +1 212-876-770 X 4408
Fax: +1 212.860.3435
Inaugurated in 1992, the center primarily focuses on the search for humane
alternatives to the use of animals in research, testing, and education.
Intending to be a mediator and catalyst in this search, the center keeps
informed on current events involving the use of animals. It considers all
aspects of an issue, takes a position on it and explains that position to
the public and the media. In response to the need for humane animal care
in the classroom, the center organizes workshops to provide information to
teachers. The center verifies the claims of consumer goods declared "humane"
or "cruelty-free." In regards to alternatives to dissection, the center provides
information on alternatives for teachers, supervisors, school administrators,
and individual students. For college students who wish to pursue careers
in the life sciences and obtain a higher education without the use of animals,
the center provides information on "alternative" coursework at individual
universities and professional schools. The center organizes meetings of relevant
parties and decision-makers, which should provide detailed attention to
the issue and hopefully forge positive links and constructive attitudes leading
to positive recommendations.
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Center
for Laboratory Animal Welfare.
350 South Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02130
Tel: +1 617-522-7400; Fax: +1 617.522.4885
The MSPCA's Center for Laboratory Animal Welfare has begun a series of
four-page publica-tions titled Issues & Answers. The first two
are Cruelty-Free Labeling: What Does It Mean? and Laboratory Animal
Alternatives: the Three R's.
MitTel:europ?ische Gesellschaft f?r Alternativmethoden zu Tierversuchen
(MEGAT)
c/o H Sch?ffl
Postfach 748, A-4021 Linz, Austria
Tel: +43 5333-5331; Fax: +43 5333.6248
National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR).
Barbara A. Rich, Executive Vice President
818 Connecticut Avenue N.W., Suite 303
Washington DC 20006
Tel: +1 202-857-0540
Email: nabr-fbr@access.digex.com
URL: fttp://www.nabr.org
NABR and its sister organization, the Foundation for Biomedical Research (FBR), represent the scientific community on the issue of humane care and treatment of laboratory animals. NABR seeks to represent and activate member institutions in national policy making which affects the use of animals in research, education and product safety testing. Its role includes government and congressional relations, support of members with information and consultation on state and local issues, the analysis,, monitoring and reporting of any legislation or regulation dealing with research animals at the international, federal or state level.
Its publications include: NABR Update; NABR Alert; (both also
distributed with permission via Email); State Laws concerning the Use
of Animals in Research; a Crisis management manual,. a State Legislative
Handbook; and the NABR annual report.
National Center for Research Resources.
U.S. Department of Health And Human Services
National Institutes of Health
5333 Westbard Ave
Westwood Bldg, Rm 10A15
Bethesda MD 20892
Tel: +1 301.496.5545 (Office of Science and Health Reports)
URL: http://www.ncrr.nih.gov
NCRR develops and makes available resources needed for biomedical research throughout the United States, using both intramural and extramural resources. These resources include instrumenta-tion, human clinical research centers, training to develop human resources, including apprenticeships for minority high school students and biology teachers, the development and provision of animal models, including transgenics, improvements in the care and use of laboratory animals, and in training in the specialty of laboratory animal medicine.
Publications include: NCRR Reporter [$9 (U.S.) or $11.25 (foreign addresses, via airmail) for 12 issues; orders to: Superintendent of Documents, Washington DC 20402; Visa/MasterCard orders 202.783.3238], the NCRR Access guide; NCRR Program highlights [annual report]; General clinical research centers, a research resources directory; Resources for biological models and materials research, a research resources directory; single copies are available free of charge from: Research Resources Information Center, 1601 Research Blvd, Rockville MD 20850; +1 301-251-4970
See also " Research and development to enhance laboratory animal welfare,"
Robert A. Whitney, Jr., Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association,
200(3) 1992 Mar 1:663-6
The Netherlands Centre for Alternatives to Animal Use (NCA).
Yalelaan 17, De Ulthof
NL-3584 CL, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Contact: Dr Jan van der Valk, Head
Tel: +31 30 532 186; Fax: +31 30 539 227
Email: valk@cc.ruu.nl
The centre's task is to stimulate the development, validation, and use
of alternatives. By alternatives, the centre means every method that leads
to replacement, reduction, or refinement of animal experiments. NCA publishes
the NCA Newsletter.
Office for Protection from Research Risks (OPRR).
Office of Extramural Research
National Institutes of Health
Gary B. Ellis, Ph.D., Director
6100 Executive Blvd, MSC 7507
Rockville, MD 20892-7507
Tel: +1 301-402-0527
Fax: +1 301.496.7005
Email: CS19N@NI.GOV (general questions)
URL: http://www.nih.gov:80/grants/oprr/oprr.htm
Documents by Fax: l: 301-594-0464
For the Division of Animal Welfare, contact: Roberta Sonnenborn, Director
(Tel: +1 301-496-7163; Fax: +1 301.496.2803).
URL: http://www.nih.gov:80/grants/oprr/library_ animals.htm
OPRR jointly sponsors workshops on animal-related research issues. For information about forthcoming workshops, contact Darlene M Ross, NIH/OPRR, 6100 Executive Blvd, Suite 3B01, MSC 7507, Rockville, MD 20892-7507; Tel:+1 301-496-8101, Ext 233; Fax: : +1 301.402.0627
THE URL includes the schedule of workshops, the index to OPRR reports and published articles, OPRR "Dear Colleague" letters, and the MOU among USDA, NIH and FDA concerning animal welfare as well as the list of domestic institutions holding animal welfare assurances on file with OPRR.
Primate Information Center (PIC).
Regional Primate Research Center
1101 Westlake Avenue North
Seattle WA 98109
Tel: +1 206-543-4376; Fax: +1 206.685.0305
Email: (general information)
plj@u.washington.edu (Jackie Pritchard)
Email: (orders or to be placed on mailing list)
pic@Bart.rprc.washington.edu (Chico
Otsuka-Gooding, Office Manager)
The PIC is the world's leading indexing service for scientific literature on all aspects of non-human primate research. PIC has compiled a unique bibliographic file which covers primatological, biomedical, veterinary and psychological studies on prosimians, monkeys, and apes published since 1940. Scientists and students anywhere in the world may use the services of the PIC. Place requests for service by letter, phone or Fax: . Moderate fees are charged.
PIC Publications: Current Primate References, a monthly listing
of articles and books; Topical Bibliographies in the fields of behavior,
biology and experimental biomedicine, naturally occurring diseases, experimental
techniques, pharmacology & toxicology, and reproduction (each priced
individually); Custom Services: Retrospective Bibliographies, from
the most recent five years, most recent ten years or 1940 to date; and,.
Monthly Bibliographies.
The PRIMATES Database covers all aspects of nonhuman primate research. That portion of the database from 1985 to present, over 47,000 bibliographic records, may be leased from the Primate Information Center for local searches on any MS-DOS computer. This permits staff at other locations to fully search the database-- citations, authors, indexing. Because searches of MEDLINE, BIOSIS, Psychological Abstracts, Excerpta Medica, Zoological Record, and NTIS are regularly added to the database, and staff at the Primate Information Center scans other materials, the PRIMATES Database is comprehensive.
The PRIMATES database is leased with some restrictions on its use. Minimum hardware requirements include a MS-DOS computer with 640 K of memory and 50-60 megabytes of hard disk storage. Monthly update subscriptions are available; 450 to 700 citations are normally processed each month. Lease cost for the Basic database: $995.00 plus shipping & disks; yearly subscription for 12 monthly update disks: $495.00.
For further information contact: Jackie L. Pritchard, PhD, Manager, Primate
Information Center.
Psychologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PSYeta).
Kenneth J. Shapiro, Executive Director
403 McCauley Street, PO Box 1297
Washington Grove, MD 20880
Email: kshapiro@capaccess.org
Tel/Fax: : +1 301.963.4751
URL: http://www.psyeta.org
PSYeta is dedicated to the promotion of animal welfare with the science and profession of psychology and to lessen the suffering of animals in research laboratories and educational and therapeutic settings.
Its publications include PSYeta Bulletin, the annual notebook,
Humane Innovations and Alternatives, and the journal Society &
Animals.
Public Responsibility in Medicine & Research (PRIM&R).
Joan Rachlin, J.D., M.P.H., Executive Director
132 Boylston St, 4th Floor, Boston MA 02116
Tel:+1 617-423-4112; Fax:+1 617.423.1185
Email: primr@aol.com
URL: http://www.aamc.org:80/research/primr
URL: http://www.aamc.org:80/research/primr/arena
URL: http://www.anes.hmc.psu.edu/ArenaFolder/
ArenaHome.html
PRIM&R ia a strong advocate for ethical human and animal research that
will both improve the quality of life and benefit society. Through national
conferences (such as, Animal Care and Use Pro-grams; and Hospitals
and Healthcare Professionals and AIDS) and publications (Conference
proce-edings and educational packets, such as, Making Your Animal Care
Committee Work). PRIM&R addresses the broad range of issues regarding
research, clinical practice, ethics, and the law. PRIM&R is committed
to the advancement of strong research programs, and the consistent application
of ethical precepts in both medicine and research.
Regulatory Enforcement and Animal Care (REAC), see United States
Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Research Animals
Department.
Causeway, Horsham
West Sussex, RH12 1HG, UK
Tel:+44 (1403) 264 181
Fax:+44 (1403) 241.048
Department publications include the RSPCA Research Animals Update,
a bi-monthly newsletter, and a series of pamphlets called RPSCA Information,
e.g., Guide to Products Not Tested on Animals, On the Side of the
Animals: Some Contemporary Philosophers' Views, Alternatives to Animal Experiments,
and Ethical Concerns for Animals.
SET: Foundation for the Promotion of Research on Replacement and
Complementary Methods to Reduce Animal Testing
Secretary, Dr Adalbert Schlitt, RA
Kaiserstrasse 60
55116 Mainz, Germany
Tel: +49 (6131) 23 77 89
Fax:+ 49 (6131) 23 56 98
Scientists Center for Animal Welfare (SCAW).
Lee Krulisch, Executive Director
Golden Triangle Building One
7833 Walker Drive, Suite 340
Greenbelt, MD 20814
Tel:+1 301-345-3500; Fax: +1 301.345.3503
URL: www.quikpage.com:80/S/scanwel/
SCAW, an educational, non-profit organization, provides the national forum for discussion of public accountability, public policy, and scientists' responsibilities regarding humane standards. It is dedicated to the belief that high standards of animal welfare complement the quality of scientific results. SCAW promotes the responsible and humane treatment of animals used in research, testing and teaching by encouraging the exchange of information about animal well-being--information based on scientific data and observation. SCAW convenes national conferences and workshops to address current issues on laboratory animal welfare and publishes their proceedings. It provides assistance to research institutions to inform laboratory animal personnel about current issues. SCAW provides consulting services on all aspects of IACUC functions, protocol review, training programs, and other relevant matters. It offers the services of a speakers and meetings bureau.
Its publications include: Annotated Bibliography on Laboratory Animal
Welfare; Field Research Guidelines; and proceedings of its conferences,
such as Reduction and Refinement in Animal Testing.
Institutional memberships are available,
Swiss Institute for Alternatives to Animal Testing.
Schweizerisches Institut f?r Alternativen zu Tierversuchen
Turnerstrasse 1
CH-8006 Z?rich, Switzerland
Contact: Christoph Reinhardt, Director
Tel: 01 256 58 53
Fax: 01 363 91 97
Tufts Center for Animals and Public Policy.
Andrew N. Rowan, DPhil, Director
Tufts University
School of Veterinary Medicine
200 Westboro Road
North Grafton, MA 01536
Tel:+1 508-839-7991; Fax:+1 508.839.2953
Email: arowan@opal.tufts.edu
Established in 1983 the Center coordinates and focuses programs dealing with the ethical, legal, scientific, and social issues relating to the status of animals in society. The center focuses particularly on public policy implications of changing technology and social attitudes. It is supported by funds raised from foundations, industry, and individual donors. Some of its areas of interest are animal research ethics, veterinary ethics and jurisprudence, bio-technology, and farm animals. The center appoints scholars from institutions in New England annually to be Academic Associates. The center's advisory board helps it to be responsive to changing social concerns. Members of the board provide the center feedback on its programs and related activities.
Among its published reports is the Animal Research Controversy.
The center publishes two newsletters, The Alternatives Report, and
The Animal Policy Report.
United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Animal Care. (USDA-APHIS/Animal Care)
4700 River Road, Unit 84
Riverdale, MD 20737-1234
Tel: +1 301-734-8684
URL: http://www.aphis.usda.gov
Animal Care was formerly (as of October 1, 1996) the Regulatory Enforcement
and Animal Care Unit.
United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Regulatory Enforcement (USDA/APHIS/Regulatory Enforcement)
4700 River Road, Unit 85
Riverdale, MD 20737-1234
Tel: +1 301-734-7833
REAC publications are available at the web site: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/oa/pubs.html;
press releases from Animal Care are included in the site: http://www.info.aphis.usda.gov/cgi-bin/lwgate/
PRESS_RELEASES/
Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW).
8 Hamilton Close, South Mimms
Potters Bar, Herts EN6 3QD, UK
Tel: +44 (1707) 658202
Fax: +44 (1707) 649 279
URL: http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~ufaw3/
UFAW is an internationally recognized scientific and educational animal
welfare charity registered in the United Kingdom. Concerned with the welfare
of all animals, it has adopted an objective and realistic approach to animal
welfare by looking at the behavior and needs of animals, making rational
judgements and giving expert advice on how particular species should be cared
for and managed. UFAW holds symposia and workshops; carries out and sponsors
scientific research into many aspects of biology and welfare of farmed,
companion, wild, zoo and laboratory animals; produces standard texts on
animal care and management; and publishes technical reports and the quarterly
scientific journal Animal Welfare.
Both corporate and individual memberships are available. UFAW publications
are available at member discounts, which are priced in both US dollars and
British pounds. Write or search the web site for the latest publications
list, membership details, scholarship and grant information, and the research
program.
WARDS, Inc.
8150 Leesburg Pike, Suite 512
Vienna, Virginia 22182-1655
Tel:+1 703-442-4511
Fax:+1 703.442.4729
Email: oawards@erols.com
Working for Animals Used in Research, Drugs and Surgery (WARDS), a non-profit
animal welfare organization formed in 1953, works with researchers and the
general public in the hope of finding common ground to ensure the most humane
care possible for animals without hindering genuine scientific advancement.
Today, WARDS continues to enhance conditions for animals through its quarterly
newsletters and ongoing programs. As an expression of its advocacy for viable
alternatives to animal exprimentation, the WARDS Refinement Project awards
up to $10,000 annually in grants for refinement work. WARDS also sponsors
regional and national scholarship programs.
Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1220 Capitol Court
Madison, WI 53715-1299
Web site: http://www.primate.wisc.edu/pin
gopher.primate.wisc.edu
Primate Center Library
Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center
1220 Capitol Court
Madison WI 53715-1299
Tel: +1 608-263-3512/263-4031
Fax: +1 608.263.4031
Email: library@primate.wisc.edu
Information products include: International directory of primatology,
Audiovisual resources in primatology, and the Primate-List electronic mailing
list.
ZEBET:Zentralstelle zur Erfassung und Bewertung von Ersatz- und Erg?nzungsmethoden
zum Tierversuch.
Bereich Marienfelde
PO Box 48 04 47
Diedersdorfer Weg 1
12277 Berlin, Germany
Email: zebet@bgvv.de
Tel: +49 30 8412 2270; Fax: +49 30 8412 2958
Contact: Dr. Horst Spielmann, Director
ZEBET/1 is responsible for documentation and information on alternatives to animals in research and testing. ZEBET/2 also serves as the German center for planning, funding, and coordinating validation programs for alternative test methods. ZEBET/3 has laboratory facilities both for participation in validation studies and for visiting scientists, who can participate in developing new or experimental approaches.
The ZEBET databank serves scientists, government agencies, organizations and the public, providing information on the current status of alternative methods. Scientists at ZEBET obtain information on techniques from original scientific publications, from searching publicly accessible databanks, e.g., MEDLINE, and directly from scientists. ZEBET then evaluates whether an alternative methods holds promise for solving scientific problems that so far only could only be approached by using research animals or to what extent a new procedure might serve to reduce the suffering on laboratory animals.
The databank includes: description of specific methods; evaluations of
those methods according to the 3 Rs, a description of the experiment that
can be so modified, names of scientists who are experienced in the use of
that method, and references to literature on the specific method and the
experiment that can be replaced, reduced or refined. Evaluative information
is entered in ZEBET in German, but the summary and references are given in
English. An English version is planned.
ZeT: Zentrum f?r Ersatz- und Erg?ngzungs-methoden zu Tierversuchen.
Postfach 210
A-4021 Linz, Austria
Harald Sch?ffl, Managing Director
or
Professor Helmut Tritthart
ZeT
University of Graz
Harrachgasse 21
8010 Graz, Austria
Tel:: +31-6-380 4135
Fax: : +31-6-380-9660
ZeT, the Austrian Centre for Alternative and Complementary Methods in Animal
Experiments,has a research branch at the University of Graz and a marketing
and public relations branch in Vienna. ZeT aims to: 1. Develop and validate
alternative and complementary methods in accordance with the 3Rs concept;
2. Demonstrate the use of alternative methods; 3. Act as a representative
for animal welfare concerns on national and international advisory committes,
and 4. provide an information source to the public. ZeT co-sponsors the
magazine ALTEX: Alternativen zu Tierexperimenten, a German language
magazine with English summaries, and Ersatz- und Erg?ngzungs-methoden
zu Tierversuchen, a German book series of European conferences on alternatives
to animals in research and testing..
DIRECTORIES.
"Animal advocacy organizations," p.[209]-300. In: Achor, Amy Blount.
Animal rights: a beginner's guide; a handbook of issues, organizations, actions,
and resources. New rev. ed. Yellow Springs, Ohio : WriteWare, c1996.
Annotated list, national (USA) or international in scope; local animal
organizations, by state, A-Z
Animal Contacts Directory.
Electronic document.
Produced under the auspices of the Vegan Society of the UK.
International in scope, arranged by continent and country.
http://catless.ncl.ac/veg/orgs/VeganSocUK / animal.htm
"Animal welfare." This section of the Encyclopedia of Associations,
which in 1994 is in the 29th edition, includes all types of associations
interested in the welfare and protection of animals. They range from the
protection of specific species (National Cat Protection Society) to national
organizations (Humane Society of the United States).
California-based animal rights and animal welfare organizations.
Revised 3/96. [Sacramento?]: [California Biomedical Research Association,
1996].
Revised regularly. Covers: name, address, phone, officers or contacts, major
goals or focus, publications, and notes.
Contact: California Biomedical Research Association, 1008 Tenth St, Suite
328, Sacramento CA 95814; Tel: +1 916-558-1515; Fax: +1 916.558. 1523
Directory of animal protection organizations. Washington, DC : WARDS,
1993. 18p.
One copy available at no charge; contact WARDS, 8150 Leesburg Pike, Suite
512, Vienna VA 22182-1655; Tel:+1 703-442-4511; Fax: +1 703.442.4729
Directory of animal rights/animal welfare organizations, compiled
by Foundation for Biomedical Research. The Foundation, Washington DC, 1990.
106 p.
US$ 10.00; orders to Foundation for Biomedical Research, 818 Connecticut
Avenue NW, Suite 303, Washington DC 20006.
Directory of funding sources for scientific pursuit of alternatives,
by Amelia Tarzi and F. Barbara Orlans. New York : Lasker Center for Humane
Alternatives, ASPCA, 1995.
US$ 10.00: orders to: American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, 424 East 92d St, New York NY 10128; Tel: +1 212-876-770, ext 4408;
Fax: +1 212.860.3435
"Directory of organizations, A-Z,"p.173-211. In: Catherine E. Clough
and Barry Kew, The animal welfare handbook. London: Fourth Estate, 1993.
Covers British animal and animal protection organizations. Followed, pages
212-217, by "Other organizations referred to in the text," most of which
are British animal-related organizations.
Directory of the Consortium of Aquariums, Universities and Zoos 1995-96
/ Donna FitzRoy Hardy, Tim Knight. . [Northridge, CA : California State
University, Northridge, c1995] 160 p.
Partial contents: Institutional affiliations of C.A.U.Z. network members
-- Those ... with addresses outside of the United States -- Those ... with
an interest in specific groups of animals -- Those .. listing a professional
focus in selected areas -- Specific interests and projects... -- The C.A.U.Z.
network -- Electronic mail addresses... -- Those... listing current fieldwork
projects
US$ 15.00 incl. s&h; orders to C.A.U.Z. c/o Donna FitzRoy Hardy, Psychology,
CSU Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St, Northridge CA 91330; Tel +1 818-885-4970/2827;
Fax: +1 818.885.2829; Email: dhardy@huey.csun.edu
Also available at the campus gopher. Telnet to: vax.csun.edu; at the username
prompt, enter INFO.
Also available at the URL: http://ww.fhcrc.org/ ~ial/www/CAUX/CAUZ.html
Grants for environmental protection and animal welfare. 1994/1995
edition. [New York]: Foundation Center, 1994. 221 p.
Latest in this annual series of customized lists of recently awarded grants
of $10,000 or more for pollution abatement and control, conservation, and
environmental education; for animal protection and welfare, wildlife preservation,
zoos, botanical gardens, and aquariums.
US$ 70.00 plus s&h (UPS) $4.50: order code EP94; prepay orders to:
Foundation Center, 79 Fifth Ave, New York NY 10003-3076; 800-424-9836 (credit
card orders 9am-5pm EST); Tel: +1 212-620-4230; Fax:+1 212.807.3677
International directory of primatology, ed. by Lawrence Jacobsen
and Raymond Hamel. [2nd ed.] Madison: Wisconsin Regional Primate Research
Center, 1994. one vol. (unpaged)
US$ 15.00 incl p&h (domestic); $23.00 incl p&h (international);
checks payable to Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center; send orders
to Larry Jacobsen, IDP Coordinator, Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center
Library, University of Wisconsin, 1220 Capitol Court, Madison WI 53715-1299;
Tel +1 608-263-3512; Fax:+1 608.263.4031; Email: library@primate. wisc.edu
Organizations included in this directory are major primate centers, laboratories,
educational programs, foundations, conservation organizations, sanctuaries,
current field sites, and professional primate societies.
Indexed by organizations, field studies, species, subjects and names.
National guide to funding for the environment & animal welfare, ed. by Elizabeth H. Rich; contributing editors: Margaret Mary Feczko, Jeffrey A. Falkenstein & Linda Tobiasen. 3rd ed. New York : The Foundation Center, 1996. xxxviii, 527 p.
US$95.00 plus s&h (UPS) $4.50: ISBN 0-87954-551-8, order code FIE3;
prepay orders to the Foundation Center, 79 Fifth Ave, New York NY 10003-3076;
800-424-9836 (credit card orders, 9am-5pm EST); Tel:+1 212-620-4230; Fax:
+1 212.807.3677
"Organizations." Bunny Huggers' Gazette, no.25 1994 Feb:16-43.
Addresses only, with some phone numbers.. Indexed by nation, USA by state,
and special interest or focus. Updated annually.
US$ 3.00 from BHG Directory, Box 601, Temple TX 76503
"Organizations," p.161-210 in: Laboratory animal welfare: a guide to reference tools, legal materials, organizations, federal agencies / Cheryl Rae Nyberg, Maria A. Porta, Carol Boast. Twin Falls, ID : BN Books, 1994.
122 selected national and international organizations in English-speaking
areas of the world involved in developing alternative research techniques,
improving the treatment of animals in research, informing the public about
the issues, and working to change laws and regulations. Includes single-purpose
and multi-purpose professional and lay organizations devoted to broader issues
also interested in these areas. Includes statements of purpose reviewed by
the organization and services provided, including speakers' bureaus. Provides
geographic and topical indexes in the chapter introduction.
P-T Directory, distributed by Paul DuBois. In: primate-talk [electronic
bulletin board] [Primate Center Library, University of Wisconsin, Madison,
1992 Aug 17] Available from: primate-talkrequest@primate.wisc.edu
This directory is now also available from the URL: http://www.primate.wisc.edu/pin/ptdir/
World guide to animal rights / Ben Leamy <16 Feb 1995>
The list is maintained by Carsten Scholvien (a0513@stud.uni-bayreuth.de)
and Matthias (matthias@tierrechte.de).
http://www.envirolink.org/arrs/wgtar/guide. html.
The site is divided into continents, countries and states.
The page for Europe can be found at: http://www.envirolink.org/arras/wgtar/europe/
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