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September 2013 Perspectives in Laboratory Animal Science For professionals in the fields of laboratory animal care and use PiLAS With this sixth issue, PiLAS has completed its first year of publication. In addition to six comments on the Wisdom of Russell and Burch, who gave us the concept of the Three Rs, there have been articles from 13 coun- tries, namely: the UK (10 contributions); Australia (2); France (2); The Nether lands (2); Belgium (1); Canada (1); India (1); Iran (1); Korea (1); Mexico (1); Portugal (1); South Africa (1); and the United Arab Emirates (1). There were also six short editorial comments, of which this brief review of progress is one. The 25 articles dealt with a range of subjects, including veterinary edu- cation, surgical training, training in ethics and ethical appraisal, the intrinsic value of animals, the ethics of working on human lifestyle dis- CONTENTS eases, the design and analysis of experiments, humane endpoints, sever- ity classification, duties of animal welfare officers, lessons on refinement DISCUSSIONS from the 2012 Olympics, balancing reduction and refinement, the trans- Laboratory animal ethics course port of animals, vaccine batch control, trends in animal use in industry, planning in Iran and retrieving information on the Three Rs. This is encouraging, as some- The Three Rs in India thing about the attention being paid to the proper use of laboratory ani- mals and interest in the Three Rs approach in various parts of the world Laboratory animal welfare and the Three Rs in Korea was revealed. It also reminded our readers that attitudes and practices The current status of laboratory can be deeply affected by religious and cultural differences. animal ethics in South Africa The aim of the editorial comments is to take a current issue and high- light it for potential discussion in future issues. These comments have THE WISDOM OF RUSSELL included such topics as Responsibility for animal experiments — where AND BURCH the buck stops, and information on the new EU Directive, Directive 2010/63/EU. The Wisdom of Russell and Burch articles have dealt with the concept of inhumanity, the wages of inhumanity, fidelity and dis - crimination, and, separately, with reduction, refinement and replace- ment. One disappointment, perhaps, is that there has been less disagreement and controversy than had been expected. We hope that future issues will see stances taken for and against particular opinions and practices, since this can be a good way of getting to the heart of problems, sorting out misunderstandings, and conceiving of solutions. We have tried to “do different”, as we say in East Anglia, but we know that we must also strive to “do better”. Readers of ATLA and PiLAS can help us achieve improvements, not only by sending in thought-provoking examples of experiences and of dilemmas, but also by taking the time to challenge what others have to say. PiLAS has been made possible by a grant from the Phoebe Wortley Talbot Charitable Trust Published by: Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments Russell & Burch House, 96-98 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham NG1 4EE, UK
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