Animal Welfare Information Center Newsletter, Spring 1995, Vol. 6 No. 1
In AWIC Newsletter, Vol.5 #4,
Winter 1994-1995, an
item on military Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees
(IACUCs) appeared on page 8 as a sidebar to the article
"Appointing Animal Protectionists to Institutional Animal Care
and Use Committees" by Lisa Hara Levin, DVM, and Martin
Stephens, PhD, of the Humane Society of the United States.
Some concern has been raised over the statement "In fact, the
DoD [Department of Defense] Inspector General (IG) found that
over one-third of the DoD facilities in question had
non-affiliated members (NAMs) who were actually affiliated
with the institutions." The DoD report states that at "13
other facilities [of 36 facilities inspected], the
non-affiliated member is associated with the military
installation where the research facility is located, but has
no affiliation with the research industry, such as a military
chaplain or a military lawyer." It is the belief of the DoD IG
that this meets the intent of the Animal Welfare Act and
provides balanced representation to the IACUC.
To obtain copies of the report--Review of the Use of
Animals in Department of Defense Medical Research
Facilities-- or a similar report--Review of the Use
of Animals in Department of Defense Contract Research
Facilities--contact the Department of Defense, Office of
the Inspector General, Program Evaluation Directorate, Room
701, 400 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA 22202-2884.
This article appeared in the Animal Welfare Information Center
Newsletter, Volume 6, Number 1, Spring 1995
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