by Penny Hawkins | Jun 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
We are taking registrations for our free international meeting, on 24 and 25 August 2022, which we are jointly convening with the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. This face to face event will include case studies describing how severe suffering was reduced in basic...
by Penny Hawkins | Mar 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
Not all severe suffering is predictable – sometimes it can occur due to an unplanned, critical incident. The Critical Incident Reporting System in Laboratory Animal Science (CIRS-LAS) has been set up to enable users to add unplanned events to a database...
by Penny Hawkins | Mar 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
Mortality, including animals ‘found dead’, is one of the three main causes of severe suffering. A recent paper by Jessica Cait and others at the University of Guelph, Canada, has highlighted a cause of morbidity and mortality in rodents that many people may not be...
by Penny Hawkins | Mar 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
We are looking forward to our first in-person meeting since 2019, when we will hold a one-day event in central Manchester on 20 April. Looking forward and looking back – opportunities to focus on ‘severe’ suffering will include case studies from researchers at...
by Barney Reed | Oct 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
We are very grateful to our partners BIC Study for producing a version of our short (3-min) video ‘Can we end severe suffering’ with subtitles in the Korean language – which can be viewed here (on Vimeo). Please feel free to share this with...
by Barney Reed | Jul 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
The most up-to-date data currently available on the use of animals in research and testing in the UK, and the EU, was published on 15 July 2021. This information is important for openness and transparency and can also help to focus 3Rs efforts more effectively. Below...
by admin | May 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
Our series of RSPCA-led Expert Working Groups has produced guidance on reducing (and ideally avoiding) severe suffering in potentially severe procedures including sepsis, rheumatoid arthritis, experimental autoimmune encephalitis (EAE) and spinal cord injury. Each...
by admin | May 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
We are delighted to present the RSPCA’s new ‘Focus on Severe Suffering’ web resource, with our colleagues at the Laboratory Animal Science Association (LASA), Laboratory Animals Veterinary Association (LAVA) and the Institute of Animal Technology (IAT). We all share...
