PP217 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Cark, Natural Sciences And Engineering Research Council, Dont
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Animal testing: but we continue to use a lot of animals in experimentation in canada, animal research is regulated at the national level by the canadian council on. 100: how can you measure the pain felt by an animal, adhering to the regulations set out by the ccac is voluntary, ccac compliance is voluntary, following their guidelines is a pre-requisite of getting nserc (national science and. Engineering research council of canada) or cihr (canadian institute for health. Research) grants, but is not legally binding: some provinces have laws, like ontario, there are no federal laws governing animal testing. Issues: people won"t follow the guidelines if they"re not mandatory, a lot of research is privately funded don"t need to go through nserc or cihr. It is prima facie wrong to kill intelligent animals bc they have interests in not being killed animals.
