The UCFV Animal Care Committee is responsible for ensuring good animal practice for animals used in research or testing projects and in teaching programs.

The Canadian Council on Animal Care’s Guide to the Care and Use of Experimental Animals Ethics of Animal Investigation statement notes:

The use of animals in research, teaching, and testing is acceptable only if it promises to contribute to understanding of fundamental biological principles, or to the development of knowledge that can reasonably be expected to benefit humans or animals.

Animals should be used only if the researcher's best efforts to find an alternative have failed. A continuing sharing of knowledge, review of the literature, and adherence to the Russell-Burch '3R' tenet of 'Replacement, Reduction and Refinement' are also requisites. Those using animals should employ the most humane methods on the smallest number of appropriate animals required to obtain valid information.

Please note that there are guidelines and separate application forms for using animals for teaching or for research.

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