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APS Position Statements
Use of Pound Animals
Unclaimed pound animals (random source dogs and cats) have proved to be the most useful animals for the purposes of research and teaching. Medical advances benefiting both humans and animals were possible because of the availability of unclaimed pound animals for use in research. The American Physiological Society strongly believes that denial of the availability of random source animals would be a catastrophic setback and the Society strongly endorses the continued use of unclaimed pound animals for basic and clinical research and teaching.
Adopted by the American Physiological Society Council, April 1986