Information You Will Find Here

This resource is prepared jointly by ANZCCART(NZ) and the Animal Welfare Science and Bioethics Centre at Massey University in New Zealand.

This resource provides information about the use of animals in science, i.e. animal use in research, teaching and testing. It deals with why animals are used, how any harm done to animals is kept as low as it can be, what benefits arise from their use, and the importance of weighing any harm against the benefits when deciding whether or not to use animals. Also covered is the importance of ethical thinking in science and some ethical ideas which oppose or support the use of animals in science. Finally, the control of the scientific uses of animals in New Zealand is described.

Uses

• School project resource for children

• Teaching resource for school teachers

• Interesting and helpful information for parents

• Important information for tertiary students in any branch of animal-based science

• Useful general information for tertiary students in other disciplines

• Useful background information for researchers and tertiary teachers

• Valuable resource for independent members of Animal Ethics Committees

Finding Your Way Around

Click on the headings in the main menu (left) to explore each section of this resource. Another way is to click on particular keywords in the "keyword index".

Netscape users may experience some problems in moving to the correct bookmark within files.

Most external links are launched within their own window, so if you want to return to this site you just need to close the window.

If you have any feedback or queries, please email anzccart@royalsociety.org.nz

Information in this site was assembled with all due diligence as an educational resource. However, anyone using information from the site does so upon his or her own initiative, and neither the Royal Society of New Zealand nor Massey University are liable for those uses.