Why All Healthy Laboratory Animals Should Be Rehomed, No Matter How Small

This paper explores the ethical imperative of rehoming all healthy animals of sentient species after experiments have finished or when they have become otherwise redundant. We take into account disparate perspectives in animal ethics and see how they point in the same direction. We illustrate our ca...

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Published in:Animals (Basel) 2023-08, Vol.13 (17), p.2727
Main Authors: Van Loo, Pascalle L P, Janssens, Monique R E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
adoption
Animal experimentation
Animal welfare
chain responsibility
Committees
Dogs
Ethics
EU directives
Health care
Laboratory animals
Legislation
rehoming
Reptiles & amphibians
Working groups
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Summary:This paper explores the ethical imperative of rehoming all healthy animals of sentient species after experiments have finished or when they have become otherwise redundant. We take into account disparate perspectives in animal ethics and see how they point in the same direction. We illustrate our case with our own rehoming experience from the joint Animal Welfare Body of Utrecht University and the University Medical Centre Utrecht, the Netherlands. The primary pilot proved successful, after which the principle of rehoming became standing policy and common practice. We discuss several challenges and our responses to those through continuous evaluation of the adoption program.
ISSN:2076-2615
2076-2615
DOI:10.3390/ani13172727