UCL launches dedicated animal research information website

UCL News UCL News home All news Student news Staff news UCL in the media UCL Opinion Services Services for staff Services - Get updates from UCL News. All channels UCL has today launched a new public information website on animal research, describing how and why animals are used across the university. The website explains how animal research is conducted at UCL, including descriptions of the processes governing research and the '3Rs': replacing animal research with alternatives, reducing the number of animals used and refining experiments to minimise harm and discomfort to the animals. The site also lists up-to-date figures of how many animals of each species were used in UCL research last year. Professor Sir John Tooke, UCL Vice Provost (Health), says: "I welcome the launch of the new website describing animal research at UCL, which signals our commitment to openness and transparency as signatory to the Concordat on Openness on Animal Research in the UK. Research involving animals remains a vital component of our fight against disease affecting animals and man where no alternatives currently exist and we strive to sustain the highest possible standards in such work." The resource will allow anyone to learn about the realities of UCL's animal research, including case studies of individual projects. The site will be launched with one animal research case study and one alternative case study.