Animal welfare-relevant information

Professional societies:

• GV-SOLAS, Society for Animal Laboratory Science
• TVT, Veterinary Association for Animal Welfare
• FELASA, Federation of Laboratory Animal Science Associations
• AALAS, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
• ZEBET, Centre for Documentation and Evaluation of Alternatives to Animal Experiments

Original wording of the laws and regulations governing animal welfare and experimental animals:

• German Animal Welfare Act (TierSchG)
• German Regulation on the Reporting of Experimental Animals (VersTierMeldV)
• Law on the European Convention dated 18 March 1986
• Regulation on the resolution dated 15 June 2006 adopting the amendment of Appendix A of the European Convention

Current regulations:

• Dezember 2018: Pressemitteilung Versuchstierzahlen 2017
• November 2018 Stellungnahme der Tierärztekammer Niedersachsen
• 6 April 2017 Right of collective action
• September 2018 Statement of the Permanent Senate Commission on Animal Protection and Experimentation of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
• September 2018 Plan of Action on Refraining from Docking of Tails in Pigs (excerpt from the Journal Deutsches Tierärzteblatt)