Research with Animals Awareness and Advocacy Highlights
Enhance your awareness of VA research with animals through a virtual meeting emphasizing public engagement and ethical considerations. Explore ongoing initiatives, resources, and strategies for advocating animal welfare in research settings.
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Public Awareness about VA Research with Animals AALAS (non)Luncheon Virtual Meeting 27 October 2020 Alice Huang, PhD Office of CVMO, Deputy for IACUC Guidance
Activity Demanding Attention New WCW Campaign targeting cats FOIA requests NEAVS (Rise for Animals) database ongoing effort Numbers of animals by species / facility Numbers of animals in painful research. Documents obtained through records requests. Maps showing the locations of research organizations. The names and titles of facility leaders. USDA and OLAW correspondence. IACUC minutes. Contact info -- Local media, regional elected officials News coverage of animal rights claims. AAALAC accreditation documents. Links to web pages of individual investigators Action Center for automated emails to institutions
What Can We Do? Focus on those who have not made up their minds Demonstrate respect and empathy Encourage evaluation of primary sources Focus today on the documents that we are creating anyway: Cultivate the habit of making those documents useful to those who haven t made up their minds Respond promptly to FOIA requests Provide unredacted responsive documents Provide suggestions about redaction Be ready to respond to phone and email campaigns
Loose Ends DVA listserv to move IACUC exercises delayed, but not forgotten Semiannual reports still need signatures We are available to help Dr. George Lathrop George.Lathrop@va.gov Dr. Joan Richerson Joan.Richerson@va.gov Dr. Alice Huang Alice.Huang@va.gov Slides will be posted for reference Questions?
