Legal space requirement stipulations (2007)
LAREF [Laboratory Animal Refinement and Enrichment Forum]
Abstract
It would be a lot easier for us to improve the housing conditions for our animals if we had some legal regulations prescribing the quality of the enclosure space rather than just its minimum size. Perhaps, experts of the various species can agree on basic space quality provisions that should be legally mandatory, for example:species-appropriate elevated resting surfaces for nonhuman primates, dogs, cats and birds, species-appropriate shelters for rats, hamsters, guinea pigs and amphibian, species-appropriate burrows for gerls, species-appropriate nesting material for mice,straw/hay for rabbit, species-appropriate basking areas for reptiles.
Published
2007
Citation
LAREF [Laboratory Animal Refinement and Enrichment Forum] 2007. Legal space requirement stipulations. In: Making Lives Easier for Animals in Research Labs: Discussions by the Laboratory Animal Refinement & Enrichment Forum. Baumans, V., Coke, C., Green, J., Moreau, E., Morton, D., Patterson-Kane, E., Reinhardt, A., Reinhardt, V., Van Loo, P. (eds), 30-32. Animal Welfare Institute, Washington, DC.
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