Animal welfare-relevant information
Professional societies:
- GV-SOLAS, Society for Animal Laboratory Science
- TVT, Veterinary Association for Animal Welfare
- FELASA, Federation of Laboratory Animal Science Associations
- AALAS, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
- ZEBET, Centre for Documentation and Evaluation of Alternatives to Animal Experiments
Original wording of the laws and regulations governing animal welfare and experimental animals:
- German Animal Welfare Act (TierSchG)
- German Regulation on the Reporting of Experimental Animals (VersTierMeldV)
- Law on the European Convention dated 18 March 1986
- Regulation on the resolution dated 15 June 2006 adopting the amendment of Appendix A of the European Convention
Current regulations:
- Dezember 2018: Pressemitteilung Versuchstierzahlen 2017
- November 2018 Stellungnahme der Tierärztekammer Niedersachsen
- 6 April 2017 Right of collective action
- September 2018 Statement of the Permanent Senate Commission on Animal Protection and Experimentation of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
- September 2018 Plan of Action on Refraining from Docking of Tails in Pigs (excerpt from the Journal Deutsches Tierärzteblatt)