Useful Organisations

• AFSTAL - www.afstal.com
  Association Francaise des Sciences et Techniques de l'Animal de Laboratoire
• AISAL - Associazione Italiana per Scienze degli Animali da Laboratorio
  www.aisal.org
• Association Espanola de Toxicologia (Spain)
  www.uv.es/aetoxweb/grupos/gtema/gtema.english.html
• Australian & New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research
  & Teaching (ANZCCART) www.adelaide.edu.au/ANZCCART/
• Australian Veterinary Association
  www.ava.com.au
• BCLAS - Belgian Council for Laboratory Animal Science
  www.bclas.org
• British Veterinary Association
  www.bva.co.uk
• BSF - The BIOSCIENCES FEDERATION
  www.bsf.ac.uk
• Canadian Association for Laboratory Animal Science
  (CALAS/ASCAL) www.calas-acsal.org
• Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC)
  www.ccac.ca
• Canadian Network of Toxicology Centers
  www.uoguelph.ca/cntc/
• Canadian Veterinary Medical Association
  http://canadianveterinarians.net/index.aspx
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
  www.cites.org
• Council for International Organizations of Medical Science
  www.cioms.ch
• European Biomedical Research Association
  www.ebra.org
• European College of Laboratory Animal Medicine
  www.eclam.org
• European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals
  used for Experimental and Other Scientific Purposes
  www.coe.int/t/e/legal_affairs/legal_co-operation/biological_safety,_use_of_animals/laboratory_animals/
• European Primate Resources Network
  http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/
• European Science Foundation
  www.esf.org
• European Society of Laboratory Animal Veterinarians
  www.eslav.org
• EUROTOX - www.eurotox.com
  (Federation of European Toxicologist & European Societies of Toxicology)
• FELASA - www.felasa.eu
  The Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations
• Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments (FRAME)
  www.frame.org.uk
• German Primate Center
  www.dpz.gwdg.de
• Government of India Ministry of Environment & Forests Animal Welfare Division
  http://envfor.nic.in/divisions/awd/awd_overview.html
• GV-SOLAS - Gesellschaft fur Versuchstierkunde
  Society for Laboratory Animal Science - www.gv-solas.de
• IAT - Institute of Animal Technology
  www.iat.org.uk
• ICLAS - www.iclas.org
  The International Council for Laboratory Animal Science
• Institute for Animal Experimentation (Japan)
  www.anex.med.tokushima-u.ac.jp
• Institute of Laboratory Animal Science (Switzerland)
  www.ltk.unizh.ch
• International Agency for Research on Cancer
  www.iarc.fr
• International Foundation for Science
  www.ifs.se
• International Primatological Society
  www.internationalprimatologicalsociety.org
• International Society for Animal Genetics
  www.isag.org.uk
• International Veterinary Information Service
  www.ivis.org
• International Veterinary Students Association
  www.ivsa.org
• IOB - Institute of Biology
  www.iob.org
• Italian legislation
  www.iss.it/publ/anna/2004/2/402205.pdf
• Japanese Association for Laboratory Animal Science (English)
  wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jalas/index_e.html
• LABA - The Laboratory Animal Breeders' Association
  www.laba-uk.com
• Laboratory Animal Science Association
  www.lasa.co.uk
• Laboratory Animals Ltd
  www.lal.org.uk
• LAVA - Laboratory Animal Veterinary Association
  www.lavavet.org
• Medical Research Council
  www.mrc.ac.uk
• Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry - Animal Welfare in New Zealand
  www.maf.govt.nz/biosecurity/animal-welfare/
• National Research Council
  www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
• NC3Rs
  www.nc3rs.org.uk
• Norwegian Reference Center for Laboratory Animal Science and Alternatives
  http://oslovet.veths.no
• NVP - Nederlands Vereniging voor Proefdierkunde
  www.proefdierkunde.nl
• Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC)
  www.rec.uk.com
• Russian Academy of Sciences
  www.ras.ru
• Scandinavian Society for Laboratory Animal Science
  www.scandlas.org
• SGV - Schweizerische Gesellschaft fur Versuchstierkunde
  www.sgv.org
• Singapore National Advisory Committee for Laboratory Animal Research
  www.biomed-singapore.com
• South African Society of Animal Science
  www.sasas.co.za
• Spanish Society of Laboratory Animal Science
  www.secal.es
• Spanish Society of Toxicology
  www.aetox.com
• U.K. Home Office - Animals
  http://scienceandresearch.homeoffice.gov.uk/animal-research/
• Understanding Animal Research
  www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk
• University of Kuopio, National Laboratory Animal Center (Finland)
  www.uku.fi/laitokset/vkek

Useful Resources

• AnimalResearch.info
  www.AnimalResearch.info
• Medical Mouse
  www.medicalmouse.org.uk
• Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
  www.aaalac.org/resources/theguide.cfm
• Animal Welfare Gateway (a collection of international
  links from the United Nations)
  www.fao.org/ag/againfo/home/en/home.htm
• Guidelines for Proper Conduct of Animal Experiments June 1, 2006 Science Council of Japan
  http://www.scj.go.jp/ja/info/kohyo/pdf/kohyo-20-k16-2e.pdf
• Ethics on Using Transgenic Animals
  oslovet.veths.no/transgenics/references.html
• Korean Animal Protection Law
  www.koreananimals.org/animals/apl/2007apl.htm
• Regulations in China-Updates
  http://losangeles.china-consulate.org/eng/news/topnews/t127829.htm www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-05/17/content_331357.htm
• Philippines Animal Welfare Act
  www.angelfire.com/ok2/animalwelfare/welfareact.html
• Taiwan Animal Protection Act
  http://eng.coa.gov.tw/./content.php?catid=8998
• Law Concerning Humane Treatment and Control of Animals
  www.cas.go.jp/jp/seisaku/hourei/data/AWMA.pdf
• Australian code of practice for the care & use of animals for scientific purposes
  www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/synopses/ea16syn.htm
• Guide to the Care and Use of Experimental Animals Volumes 1 and 2 Volume 1
  www.ccac.ca/en/CCAC_Programs/Guidelines_Policies/GUIDES/ENGLISH/toc_v1.htm and Volume 2
  www.ccac.ca/en/CCAC_Programs/Guidelines_Policies/GUIDES/ENGLISH/TOC_V2.htm
• Lab Animal Europe
  www.labanimaleurope.eu
• Lab Animal
  www.labanimal.com
• Nature Publishing Group
  www.nature.com
• Naturejobs
  www.nature.com/jobs

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