title: A 'road map' toward ending severe suffering of animals used in research and testing.
abstract: Ending severe suffering is desirable and achievable. In this article we have outlined a 'road map', or series of steps, that can be used to evaluate the extent to which severe suffering occurs within establishments, and some practical principles that can be employed in order to work toward ending it. We urge researchers to act upon these principles, and to begin a journey toward a future where causing severe suffering to animals used in scientific research is a thing of the past.
authors.affiliation: RSPCA Research Animals Department, Horsham, UK.
authors.forename: Elliot
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lilley
authors.forename: Penny
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hawkins
authors.forename: Maggy
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jennings
mesh_terms: D032761:Animal Experimentation; D023401:Animal Use Alternatives; D000818:Animals