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Why All Healthy Laboratory Animals Should Be Rehomed, No Matter How Small
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: Received: 16 June 2023 / Approved: 19 June 2023 / Online: 19 June 2023 (03:09:44 CEST)
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Van Loo, P.L.P.; Janssens, M.R.E. Why All Healthy Laboratory Animals Should Be Rehomed, No Matter How Small. Animals 2023, 13, 2727. Van Loo, P.L.P.; Janssens, M.R.E. Why All Healthy Laboratory Animals Should Be Rehomed, No Matter How Small. Animals 2023, 13, 2727.
Abstract
This paper explores the ethical imperative of rehoming all healthy animals of sentient species after experiments have finished or when they have become otherwise redundant. We take into account disparate perspectives in animal ethics and see how they point in the same direction. We illustrate our case with our own rehoming experience from the joint Animal Welfare Body of Utrecht University and the University Medical Centre Utrecht, the Netherlands. The primary pilot proved successful, after which the principle of rehoming became standing policy and common practice. We discuss several challenges and our responses to those through continuous evaluation of the adoption program.
Keywords
rehoming; adoption; laboratory animals; ethics; chain responsibility
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Animal Science, Veterinary Science and Zoology
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