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This webpage displays guidelines for occupational primate disease safety guidelines for zoological institutions which are provided by the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians (AAZV).

This is an electronic copy of The American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners (ASLAP) 2007 position statement on humane endpoints for animal-based research.

From the abstract of "Guidelines of the American Society of Mammalogists for the use of wild mammals in research": Adult video chat deal show Guidelines for use of wild mammal species are updated from the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) 2007 publication. These revised guidelines cover current professional techniques and regulations involving mammals used in research and teaching. They incorporate additional resources, summaries of procedures, and reporting requirements not contained in earlier publications. Included are details on marking, housing, trapping, and collecting mammals. It is recommended that institutional animal care and use committees (IACUCs), regulatory agencies, and investigators use these guidelines as a resource for protocols involving wild mammals. These guidelines were prepared and approved by the ASM, working with experienced professional veterinarians and IACUCs, whose collective expertise provides a broad and comprehensive understanding of the biology of non-domesticated mammals in their natural environments. The most current version of these guidelines and any subsequent modifications are available at the ASM Animal Care and Use Committee page of the ASM Web site (http://mammalsociety.org/committees).

This webpage displays guidelines from the American Society of Primatologists (ASP) on "Principles for the Ethical Treatment of Non-Human Primates."

This webpage displays the Animal Welfare Principles of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA).

The Animal Ethics Infolink website was developed by the Animal Research Review Panel and the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries Animal Welfare Branch in Australia. The aim of the website is to assist researchers, teachers, and members of Animal Ethics Committees to access information about the operation of the Animal Research Act 1985, Animal Research Regulation 2010, and The Code of Practice in New South Wales. Users can also find additional information about relevant policies and guidelines in other states and countries.

The Animal Legal and Historical Center at Michigan State University College of Law provides the website "Great Apes and the Law," which is a complete resource for the legal status of Great Apes within the United States. Links to excerpts from specific U.S. Federal laws concerning the Great Apes (such as the Animal Welfare Act, CHIMP Act, and the Endangered Species Act) are included. Great Ape laws and regulations can be searched by state.

This webpage displays the Animal Transportation Association (ATA) Statement of Policies for animal transportation.

The Association of Primate Veterinarians (AVP) recommendations for using food restriction as a behavioral modulator for nonhuman primates in biomedical research. Guidelines are in PDF format and include a bibliography of references.

From the Australian Government National Health and Medical Research Council: These guidelines have been developed to assist investigators and members of animal ethics committees (AECs) to achieve the goals of the Australian code of practice for the care and use of animals for scientific purposes (the Code; NHMRC 2004), by promoting the well-being of animals used for scientific purposes.

An electronic copy of Brazilian Law 11.794 (2008) and Decree 6.899 (2009) for the scientific use of animals.

This webpage displays the electronic version of the Guide to the Care and Use of Experimental Animals of the Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC).

The Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) offers an online training module on ethics in animal experimentation. Investigators, post-doctoral fellows, research staff and graduate students may find the training module useful. Objectives covered in the module are: introducing users to basic notions in ethics; identifying the socio-historical basis of the debate on animal experimentation; and defining levels of ethical questioning in animal experimentation.

The Animal Importation webpage at the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hosts a webpage containing regulation information and rules for monkeys and nonhuman primates (NHP) imported into the United States. Links to regulations and other related links are included on the website.

A link to Appendices I, II, and III from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

The International Guiding Principles for Biomedical Research Involving Animals were developed by the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS), an international, non governmental, nonprofit organization established jointly with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations. The Principles serve as a framework for the ethical conduct of human and animal research, especially in terms of drug and device studies.

An electronic copy of a report from the Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare (SCAHAW) of the European Commission on the welfare of non-human primates used for experiments.

An electronic copy of the European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals Used for Experimental and Other Scientific Purposes.

"Directive 2010/63/EU revising Directive 86/609/EEC on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes was adopted on 22 September 2010. The Directive is firmly based on the principle of the Three Rs, to replace, reduce and refine the use of animals used for scientific purposes. The scope is now wider and includes cyclostomes and foetuses in their last trimester of development as well as animals used for the purposes of basic research, higher education and training. It lays down minimum standards for housing and care, regulates the use of animals through a systematic project evaluation requiring inter alia assessment of pain, suffering distress and lasting harm caused to the animals. It requires regular risk-based inspections and improves transparency through measures such as publication of non-technical project summaries and retrospective assessment. The development, validation and implementation of alternative methods is promoted through measures such as establishment of a Union reference laboratory for the validation of alternative methods supported by laboratories within Member States and requiring Member States to promote alternative methods at national level. The Directive will take full effect from 1 January 2013."

This is an electronic copy from the Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations (FELASA) of "Sanitary Aspects of Handling Non-Human Primates During Transport (1997)."

A guide created and maintained from the Georgetown Law Library to help researchers locate information on animal law in an international and foreign law context. The website contains a list of books, treaties, directives and regulations, links to foreign laws and case laws, and helpful resources pertaining to animal welfare for companion animals, farm animals, and animals used in research.

An electronic copy of the Hong Kong Code of Practice Care and Use of Animals for Experimental Purposes, developed by the Animal Welfare Advisory Group in Hong Kong.

This webpage displays the 1960 Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act of India.

This webpage displays the IASP (International Association for the Study of Pain) Guidelines for the Use of Animals in Research. Links to other related references are available.