A 'road map' toward ending severe suffering of laboratory animals
The RSPCA has drawn up a plan that aims to end severe suffering for animals used in research and testing. The road-map has been released in response to changes in EU and UK legislation and has been published in FRAME’s scientific journal ATLA.Until now scientists have not been required to record how many test animals have undergone procedures classified as ‘severe’, but from 2014 research establishments will have to assess the level of suffering involved for individual animals and report the information along with other annually collected data. The introduction of EU Directive 2010/63/