Protecting Canada’s Lab Animals: The Need for Legislation
Canada’s current non-legislated oversight system for animal-based science not only fails to adequately incentivize the replacement of sentient animals as best scientific practice in any meaningful way, but also fails to adequately protect those animals bred, harmed, and killed in the name of science...
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| description | Canada’s current non-legislated oversight system for animal-based science not only fails to adequately incentivize the replacement of sentient animals as best scientific practice in any meaningful way, but also fails to adequately protect those animals bred, harmed, and killed in the name of science. In this paper, we outline the various shortcomings of the Canadian Council on Animal Care, and we highlight the need for Canada to move towards national legislation akin to that seen in other jurisdictions like the U.K. We conclude that while legislation alone cannot ensure the replacement of sentient animals in science, it appears to be a precondition for significant progress in animal protection and for the development and adoption of non-animal methods. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2d292aa36fb842c2bb293258072573c02023-11-24T00:09:58ZengMDPI AGAnimals2076-26152022-03-0112677010.3390/ani12060770Protecting Canada’s Lab Animals: The Need for LegislationVaughan Black0Andrew Fenton1Elisabeth H. Ormandy2Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, 6061 University Avenue, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, CanadaDepartment of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Dalhousie University, Marion McCain Building, 6135 University Avenue, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, CanadaCanadian Society for Humane Science, 300-225 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Y 1N3, CanadaCanada’s current non-legislated oversight system for animal-based science not only fails to adequately incentivize the replacement of sentient animals as best scientific practice in any meaningful way, but also fails to adequately protect those animals bred, harmed, and killed in the name of science. In this paper, we outline the various shortcomings of the Canadian Council on Animal Care, and we highlight the need for Canada to move towards national legislation akin to that seen in other jurisdictions like the U.K. We conclude that while legislation alone cannot ensure the replacement of sentient animals in science, it appears to be a precondition for significant progress in animal protection and for the development and adoption of non-animal methods.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/6/770animal lawresearch ethicsanimal experimentation3Rsreplacementgovernance |
| spellingShingle | Vaughan Black Andrew Fenton Elisabeth H. Ormandy Protecting Canada’s Lab Animals: The Need for Legislation Animals animal law research ethics animal experimentation 3Rs replacement governance |
| title | Protecting Canada’s Lab Animals: The Need for Legislation |
| title_full | Protecting Canada’s Lab Animals: The Need for Legislation |
| title_fullStr | Protecting Canada’s Lab Animals: The Need for Legislation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Protecting Canada’s Lab Animals: The Need for Legislation |
| title_short | Protecting Canada’s Lab Animals: The Need for Legislation |
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| topic | animal law research ethics animal experimentation 3Rs replacement governance |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/6/770 |
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