{"id":1297,"date":"2018-02-06T18:53:29","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T10:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apcf-infosite-dev.hkust.edu.hk\/?page_id=1297"},"modified":"2018-02-06T18:53:29","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T10:53:29","slug":"why-animal-ethics-committees-dont-work-or-do-they-two-sides-to-the-argument","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/apcf-infosite.hkust.edu.hk\/?page_id=1297","title":{"rendered":"Why animal ethics committees don’t work or do they? Two sides to the argument"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why animal ethics committees don’t work<\/a><\/h1>\n

Russell, D. (2012). Why animal ethics committees don’t work. Between the Species: an online journal for the\u00a0study of philosophy and animals, 15 (1), 127-142.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Abstract<\/strong>
\nAnimal ethics committees have been set up in many countries as a way to scrutinize animal experimentation\u00a0and to assure the public that if animals are used in research then it is for a worthwhile cause and suffering is\u00a0kept to a minimum. The ideals of Refinement, Reduction and Replacement are commonly upheld. However,\u00a0while refinement and reduction receive much attention in animal ethics committees, the replacement of\u00a0animals is much more difficult to incorporate into the committees\u2019 deliberations. At least in Australia there are\u00a0certain structural reasons for this but it is likely that most of the reasons why replacement is left out apply to\u00a0other countries as well.<\/p>\n

Or do they?<\/a><\/h1>\n

Allen, DG. & Halligan, R. (2013),\u00a0Letter to the Editor – The Function of Animal Ethics Committees<\/strong>
\nBetween the Species, 16, (1)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Overall we believe AECs fulfil a valuable role in a number\u00a0of areas. By inspection of animal holdings they maintain a high\u00a0level of animal welfare in the animal holding areas. By scrutinizing\u00a0every application to work with animals they ensure that\u00a0proposed experiments have a clear and identifiable outcome\u00a0and that any animal suffering is kept to the absolute minimum\u00a0consistent with the importance of the biological question being\u00a0asked.<\/p>\n

The current\u00a0situation is that community acceptance of animal experiments\u00a0for scientific advance is widespread, though not universal, and\u00a0this is enshrined in the legislation that regulates the AECs. The\u00a0AECs operate within this community and legislative acceptance\u00a0and ensure that these values are also followed by animal\u00a0researchers.<\/p>\n

Some follow-up website resources:<\/p>\n

IACUCs and Animal Ethics Committees RESOURCES<\/a><\/h1>\n

Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in the Care and Use of Nonhuman Animals in Research<\/a><\/h2>\n

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Why animal ethics committees don’t work Russell, D. (2012). Why animal ethics committees don’t work. Between the Species: an online journal for the\u00a0study of philosophy and animals, 15 (1), 127-142. Abstract Animal ethics committees have been set up in many countries as a way to scrutinize animal experimentation\u00a0and to assure the public that if animals … Continue reading “Why animal ethics committees don’t work or do they? Two sides to the argument”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apcf-infosite.hkust.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1297"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apcf-infosite.hkust.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apcf-infosite.hkust.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apcf-infosite.hkust.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apcf-infosite.hkust.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1297"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/apcf-infosite.hkust.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1299,"href":"https:\/\/apcf-infosite.hkust.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1297\/revisions\/1299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apcf-infosite.hkust.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}