Useful links & documents

Useful documents

• Report on the implementation of Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes in the Member States of the European Union (2020)
• Commission Staff Working Document accompanying the report on the implementation of Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes in the Member States of the European Union (2020)

• 2019 report on the statistics on the use of animals for scientific purposes in the Member States of the European Union in 2015-2017 (2020)

• Scientific Committee on Health Environmental and Emerging Risks SCHEER: Final Opinion on 'The need for non-human primates in biomedical research, production and testing of products and devices' (2017)
• Fact-sheet explaining the SCHEER Opinion in lay terms (2017)
• Web-summary explaining the SCHEER Opinion in lay terms (2017)
• Public Hearing on the SCHEER Opinion: 'The need for non-human primates in biomedical research, production and testing of products and devices' (2017)
• Max Planck Society adopts a White Paper on animal research (2017)
• JRC Report: Accelerating progress in the Replacement, Reduction and Refinement of animal testing through better knowledge sharing (2016)
• European Commission: Scientific Conference Non-Animal Approaches - The Way Forward (2016)
• NHP White Paper - The Critical role of Nonhuman primates in medical research (2016) 
• Documento COSCE sobre el uso de animales en investigación científica (2015)
• European Commission: Seventh Report on the Statistics on the Number of Animals used for Experimental and other Scientific Purposes in the Member States of the European Union (2014)
• Rome Declaration on Responsible Research and Innovation in Europe (21 November 2014)
• Basic Neuroscience Research with Nonhuman Primates (online article, 18 June 2014)
• FASEB 2014. The thread of extremism to biomedical research. Best practices to mitigate risk through preparation and communication
• UK Policy paper. Animal Procedures Committee: cumulative severity review - Review of the assessment of cumulative severity and lifetime experience in non-human primates used in neuroscience research (2013)
• E-Book: Primates in Medical Research (2013)
• Basel Declaration (29 November 2010)
• The Weatherall report on the use of non-human primates in research (December 2006)
• Pro-Test booklet 

Useful links

• The wonder that is our brain: how and why we study it, a short animated video by CARE 
• Why it’s important to be open about animal research in Portugal – video of EARA Lisbon event, supported by CARE
• Virtual Lab Tours in the UK
• Understanding Animal Research
• Speaking of Research 
• European Animal Research Association
• Americans for Medical Progress 
• Society for Neuroscience - Animals in Research
• Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) 
• Behavioural Management and Training of Laboratory non-human Primates and Large Laboratory Animals (PRIMTRAIN)
• European Commission: Animals used for scientific purposes
• The European Union Reference Laboratory for alternatives to animal testing (EURL-ECVAM)
• EARA: Forty reasons why we need animals in research
• Consortium for Public Outreach on Animal Research including documents to help you:

increase public outreach, explain your research through images and videos, ensure transparency to increase public support and communicate about animal research. 

• Lab Rat Chat, a podcast dedicated to providing facts and an alternate narrative to the public regarding the necessity of humane and ethical animal research
  

Watch the Pro-Test Italia video on NHPs research with Prof. Roberto Caminiti.