Animal Welfare Policy: Implementation in the Context of Wildlife Research—Policy Review and Discussion of Fundamental Issues

• Published in: ILAR journal Vol. 56; no. 3; pp. 312 - 334
• Main Authors: Paul, Ellen, Sikes, Robert S., Beaupre, Steven J., Wingfield, John C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 24.02.2016
• Subjects: Animal Care Committees; Animal Experimentation - ethics; Animal Husbandry; Animal Welfare - legislation & jurisprudence; Animals; Animals, Wild; Guidelines as Topic; Housing, Animal; Vertebrates; animal oversight; animal welfare; animals; animal care committee; animal experimentation; wild; Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC); wildlife
• ISSN: 1084-2020; 1930-6180
• DOI: 10.1093/ilar/ilv073

The use of vertebrate animals in research and education in the United States is subject to a number of regulations, policies, and guidelines under the immediate oversight of Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs), which are charged with ensuring the ethical and appropriate use of the...