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Nature 446, 257 (15 March 2007) | doi:10.1038/446257a; Published online 14 March 2007

Publications should include an animal-welfare section

Hanno Würbel1

  1. Division of Animal Welfare and Ethology, Institute of Veterinary Physiology, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany

A large majority of the public supports the principle of animal experimentation to improve biological knowledge, human and veterinary health, nature conservation and, last but not least, animal welfare. This support, however, depends on strict adherence to the 3Rs (replace, refine, reduce) principle, described in a 2005 report by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics (see Nature 435, 392; 2005).

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