April 4, 2006

launch of new report on animal suffering

Speakers:
Dr David Smith, Toxicologist and President, LASA
Prof Dominic Wells, Professor Gene Targeting Group, Imperial College London
Sara Nathan, Chair, Animal Procedures Committee

Both the Nuffield Foundation and the House of Lords select committee on animal research called for a new system of measuring suffering in animal research. Science Media Centre launched a report published by the Animal Procedures Committee (APC) and the Laboratory Animal Science Association (LASA), which includes the results of a pilot exercise.