Bioscience Briefing
For info about biomedical funding, animal research and other bioscience issues, click here.
Legislation Watch
So-called "Pet Safety Bills" don't protect pets but they do pose a threat to medical research. More information
Science Policy Announcements
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Resource Book Now Available
Click here for more info on The APS Resource Book for the Design of Animal Exercise Protocols.
Pet Safety and Protection Act
Update >>Language banning the sale of dogs and cats from Class B Dealers to medical research facilities was stripped from the final version of the Farm Bill. Instead the bill directs the USDA to report to Congress the findings of a study on the subject commissioned in and earlier bill.
According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, “this amendment could severely hinder the advancement of veterinary and human medicine.” For more on the problems associated with this legislation, follow the links below.
“Pet Safety and Protection Act” Background
- Why APS Opposes the “Pet Safety and Protection Act”
- “Pet Safety and Protection Act” Summary Points
- “Random Source” Defined
- Importance of Random Source Animals to Medical Research
- Importance of Random Source Animals to Pet Health
- What is the Real Threat? A Pet Detective Speaks Out on “Pet Theft”
- 17 States Where Pounds are Not an Option
- Current Regulations of Class “B” Dealers in the Animal Welfare Act
- Opposition to the Israel-Doyle Amendment
- APS Position Statement on Random Source Animal Dealers
Further Reading
- The Israel-Doyle Amendment
- The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Letter Opposing the Israel-Doyle Amendment
- The American Veterinary Medical Association Letter Opposing the Israel-Doyle Amendment
- The American Veterinary Medical Association Position Statement on Random Source Animals
- How Pets Benefit from Medical Research
- The Contributions of Dogs and Cats to Medicine
- Facts from the California Biomedical Research Association
- Facts from the Foundation For Biomedical Research