Contents

• About the Animal Welfare Information Center Bulletin
  

• Guidelines for Police Officers When Responding to Emergency Animal Incidents
• Congress in Session
• Tail Docking Dairy Cattle
• Scientists Serve Up a Dish of Pig Liver Cells
• Animal Welfare in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002
• The American Humane Association Expands EAR Program
• International News
  • Medical testing on chimpanzees must stop
  • Draft Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Amendment Regulations 2001
  • Ban on Antibiotic Use in Denmark Lowers Resistance in Food Animals
  • OECD Guidance on Humane Endpoints
• Science in the Service of Animal Welfare
• APHIS News
  • The Horse Protection Act
  • IACUC Protocol Review
  • Policy #27 Capture Methods of Prairie Dogs
  • Policy #8 Confiscation and Destruction of Animals
  • USDA Offers Paperless Reporting for Researchers
  • USDA Adopts Rule on Import and Interstate Movement of Tortoises
• Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2001
• 2nd Edition of ARENA/OLAW IACUC Guidebook Issued
• House Resolution 145: Military Working Dogs
• Announcements, Meetings, Training & Web Resources

  Meetings

  • ARENA IACUC 101
    
  • Scientist Center for Animal Welfare (SCAW)
    
  • 139th American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Annual Convention
    
  • 4^th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences
    
  • ANZCCART Conference 2002
    
  • American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) 53^rd Annual National Meeting
    
  • TUFTS ANIMAL EXPO 2002

  Resources

  • New Web IACUC Training Course
    
  • Free access to more of Laboratory Animals
    
  • Pain and Distress Report
    
  • Breakfast for the Brain
    
  • AATA Manual for the Transportation of Live Animals
    
  • Marine Mammals Ashore-CD-ROM version

  Available on the Web

  • Alternative (3Rs) Projects funded by La Fondation Recherches 3R (3R Research Foundation Switzerland)
    
  • A Community Approach to Dog Bite Prevention
    
  • Air Travel for Your Dog or Cat
    
  • Animal Enrichment
    
  • AnimalHelp.Com
    
  • Animal Importation
    
  • ChemFinder
    
  • Delta Society
    
  • Environews by Topic: Alternative Test Models
    
  • Federal R&D Project Summaries
    
  • GrayLIT Network
    
  • International Veterinary Information Service
    
  • Internet Vet
    
  • Livestock Issues Database
    
  • Online Tutorial in Statistics
    
  • Sharks
    
  • U.S. Customs-Traveler Information
    
  • The USDA Photography Center
    
  • WWW Virtual Library for Xenopus

• New Database on Pain Management in Research Animals
• "Meeting the Information Requirements of the Animal Welfare Act" Workshop

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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
National Agricultural Library
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