When you hear the term ‘Animal Ethics Committee’ (AEC), what comes to mind? For many people, it sounds reassuring; a group of professionals sitting around a table discussing ethics, weighing up animal welfare, questioning harm, and ensuring animals are treated with dignity and care. It evokes the image of rigorous
Learn what highly-esteemed global experts in the fields of neuroscience, animal welfare, conservation, primatology and pharmacology have to say about primate experiments. These experts not only oppose them on ethical and moral grounds, but further explain how the majority of experiments on primates contribute very little towards advancing health outcomes
Article originally published by The Conversation, 31 August, 2023. Republished under the Creative Commons Attribution License. Written by Greg Williams, Associate Director of CSIRO Futures and Laura-Anne Thomas, Strategy Manager for CSIRO Futures. Tweet this “In addition to ethical reasons for minimising animal use, reality is, animals just aren’t that good
Animals Australia (AA) and Humane Research Australia (HRA) announce the second Helen Marston Compassionate Advocacy Project in memory of Helen Marston, a lifelong campaigner for animals and former CEO of HRA. Helen came to be an authority on the complex issue of animal experimentation whilst representing AA and HRA during
The simple image on the cover of John P. Gluck’s book Voracious Science & Vulnerable Animals (a primate scientist’s ethical journey) is that of a macaque monkey looking bewildered, her arms tucked into her lap, and an expression of uncertainty in her eyes and vulnerability in her posture. John P.
Can you please introduce yourself? My name is Norma Graves. For most of my working life, I’ve been a social worker in mental health. However, before that, I was a medical scientist and worked as a microbiologist for three or four years in infectious diseases. This was in Perth. I
We interviewed Belinda, a supporter and an animal welfare advocate who shares her views on animal experimentation and her experiences as someone who has lived with cancer. Can you please introduce yourself in a couple of sentences? My name’s Belinda, I recently turned 50. I’ve been vegan for about
Working in the animal research industry and conflicted by what you see? HRA welcomes open communication with anyone involved in the animal research industry, whether that be a question, complaint for investigation, or insider report. HRA has launched a new webpage aimed at those working or volunteering in the animal
Australian universities are routinely causing traumatic brain injury (TBI) in rats and mice by dropping weights, or via invasive procedures to create fluid in the brain, in an attempt to replicate the human condition. TBI animal experiments are carried out at University of Western Australia, Monash University, the University of
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