Animal welfare articles

Behind the scenes: animal experimentation ethics committees

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/allinthemind/stories/2008/2105440.htm

A rare glimpse from the inside. An Australian neuroscientist and an animal welfarist share their experiences of working together on animal experimental and ethics committees. Personal philosophies are challenged, compromises are made, and change happens  through dialogue. Good animal welfare equals good science, they argue. But does good science always underpin animal welfare? And, a vet turned animal welfare researcher, now driving the effort to improve methods of pain reduction for lab animals.