Conference: A walk on the wild side: a conference on IACUC oversight of wildlife research. Albuquerque, NM, Oct 26-28th

在美国，脊椎动物在研究和教育中的使用受到监管，因此接受联邦资金的机构必须保持关于遵守这些法规的保证书。 然而，当研究涉及野生和自由放养的本地物种时，对动物使用的监督往往会导致IACUC成员和其他人之间的激烈辩论，因为动物福利法及其实施条例主要是针对生物医学竞技场中使用的圈养动物而编写的。 可用的指南、参考资料和示例，包括国家研究理事会实验动物研究所（ILAR）和美国兽医协会发布的实验动物护理和使用指南？《安乐死指南》对野生动物的报道很少，也没有考虑到进行实地研究的环境。本次会议旨在促进研究人员，IACUC成员和负责监督动物研究的政府官员之间的对话和教育。 这些讨论将导致在野生动物研究中更有意义和适当地应用动物福利法，从而改善野生动物研究中对野生动物的照顾和利用。这些结果打击了每一项使用动物的研究的核心原则？尊重用于研究的动物，并希望以道德和人道的方式对待它们。 会议将召集来自动物福利竞技场各个部门的发言人和参与者：野生动物生物学家，IACUC成员，兽医，相关机构的政府官员（主要是美国国立卫生研究院实验动物福利办公室和美国农业部APHIS动物护理计划），以及主要的私人组织，如AAALAC International，PRIM R和动物福利科学家中心。

Use of vertebrate animals in research and education in the United States is regulated such that institutions receiving federal funds must maintain a Letter of Assurance regarding compliance with these regulations. Oversight of animal use when research involves wild and free-ranging native species, however, often leads to lively debate among IACUC members and others as well because the animal welfare act and its implementing regulations were written primarily for application to captive animals used in the biomedical arena. Available guidelines, reference materials and examples, including the Guidelines to the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals published by the Institute of Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR) of the National Research Council and the American Veterinary Medical Association?s Guidelines for Euthanasia, give only scant coverage to wildlife and consideration of the settings in which field research is conducted. This conference aims to foster dialogue and education among researchers, IACUC members, and government officials responsible for oversight of animal research. These discussions will lead to more meaningful and appropriate application of animal welfare laws in the context of wildlife research and, in turn, to improved care and use of wild animals in wildlife research. These outcomes strike at a central tenet of every study that uses animals?a respect for the animals used in research and a desire to treat them ethically and humanely. The conference will convene speakers and participants from the various sectors that interact in the animal welfare arena: wildlife biologists, IACUC members, veterinarians, government officials from relevant agencies (primarily the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare of the National Institutes of Health and the USDA APHIS Animal Care program), and key private organizations such as AAALAC International, PRIM&R, and the Scientists Center for Animal Welfare.