Sites Related to Bio-Ethical Issues and Animal Research

Alternatives to Animal Testing

• Alternatives to Animal Testing on the Web
  
  
• Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal testing
  
  
• University of California at Davis Center for Animal Alternatives
  
  
• Conducting literature searches for alternatives
  
  
• National Agricultural Library Animal Welfare Information Center - Alternatives and search methods
  
  
• Inter-agency Coordinating Committee for the Validation of Alternative Methods
  
  
• Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments- FRAME
  
  
• The Netherlands Centre for Alternatives to Animal Use
  
  
• The Norwegian Reference Centre for Laboratory Animal Science and Alternatives
  
  
• Alternatives to the Use of Live Vertebrates in Biomedical Research and Testing - A Bibliography with Abstracts
   

Ethical Issues / Debates

• Scientific American - "The Benefits and Ethics of Animal Research" - pro and con viewpoints
  
  
• Bibliography on the ethics of using transgenic animals
  
  
• Animal rights and the moral status of animals
  
  
• Rutgers University Animal Rights Law Project
  
  
• University of British Columbia Centre for Applied Ethics - links to other sites
  
  
• Ethical issues related to animal use in research

Professional Societies / Organizations - General

• American Psychological Association's Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in the Care and Use of Animals
  
  
• Committee on Animal Research and Ethics
  
  
• Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - Statement of Principles for the Use of Animals in Research and Education
  
  
• The American Physiological Society (APS) - Position Statements: Guiding Principles for the Care and Use of Animals in Research
  
  
• Society of Toxicology - SOT Guiding Principles in the Use of Animals in Toxicology
  
  
• The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology - Statement for the Use of Animals in Ophthalmic and Visual Research
  
  
• Canadian Council on Animal Care