A recent meta-analysis published in the journal Applied Animal Behaviour Science ( Cait et al., 2024 ) found that the more types of resources (i.e., “enrichment”) rodents receive, the better their health. A previous study...

The common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) is increasingly becoming a key species in behavioral and biomedical research. Because of this, research focused on improving the behavioral and physiological welfare of this species is critical to housing...

Our project, supported by an AWI Refinement Research Award, focused on evaluating the safety of using compressed waste newspaper as a digging and enrichment substrate for naked mole-rats. These unique fossorial rodents, equipped with ever-growing...

In June, a committee of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced that long-tailed macaques (LTMs) will continue to be classified as “endangered” on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species while the...

Biomedical company Envigo made headlines in 2022 for atrocious conditions documented at its Virginia beagle-breeding facility, accumulating over 60 citations for noncompliance with the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) within one year. ( See AWI Quarterly...

Through October 11, 2024, AWI is accepting applications for the long-standing Refinement Research Award and the newer Implementing Refinement Grant . These annual funding opportunities are open to applicants based in the United States or...

The Chimpanzee Health, Improvement, Maintenance and Protection (CHIMP) Act requires all federally owned chimpanzees retired from research to be moved to a federally operated sanctuary, such as Chimp Haven, near Shreveport, Louisiana. Despite this, 26...

Refinements for Rodents and Rabbits in Research Laboratories will be rolling off the presses soon. AWI will introduce the book—an update of a previous volume—at the 74 th Annual Symposium of the American Association for...

This study, which was funded by a Refinement Grant from AWI, examined the impact of nonhuman primate social housing status on compassion fatigue in laboratory animal care professionals, who are at an elevated risk of...

A new global online marketplace that allows researchers to sell unused animal samples to other labs is being launched. Called aRukon, the free platform was created by biomedical researcher Dr. Javier Burgos of Spain’s Jaume...