this is useful for undergraduates to understand the about animal welfare and CPCSEA .

2. - Mahatma Gandhi
(Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi )
The greatness of nation and its
moral progress can be judged by the
way its animals are treated.

3. Animal Welfare
Definition: Animal welfare is defined as well-being of animals.
Indicators of animal Welfare: can be judged by longevity, Health, Behavior, Physiology,
Immunity, reproduction and Expressions of animals etc.

4. Principles of Animal Welfare:
WHO for Animal Health recognizes the five internationally recognized freedoms for animals,
1. FREEDOM FROM THRUST & HUNGER: Provide fresh water and diet to maintain full health and vigour.
2. FREEDOM FOR DISCOMFORT: provide appropriate environment and comfortable resting area.
3. FREEDOM FROM PAIN, INJURY AND DISEASE: by prevention, rapid diagnosis and treatment.
4. FREEDOM TO EXPRESS MOST NORMAL BEHAVIOR: by providing sufficient space, company of own kind.
5. FREEDOM FROM FEAR AND DISTRESS: ensure conditions and treatment which avoid mental sufferings.
*Animals can live a natural life fit and healthy when they get these five. *

5. ANIMAL WELFARE
• Responsible use of animal for human needs
• Fulfill the terms of food, shelter, health.
• Avoid un- necessary sufferings.
• Do not distinguish between life of human and
animal.
• All lives are equal
• In conflict, animal rights advocates, “put the
animal first.”
ANIMAL RIGHTS

6. Ministry of environment, forest and climate change
( MoEF & CC)
Animal welfare Board of India (Tiruvanmiyur, Chennai)
(AWBI)
Committee for the purpose of control and supervision of Experimental animals
(CPCSEA)
Institutional Animal Ethical Committee
(IAEC)
Overseas the animal welfare
issues through the acts of
Parliament
*Recognition and financial
assistance to AWOs. (Animal
Welfare Organization)
*Laws & rules related to
Animal welfare.
*Raising awareness of various
animal welfare issues.

7. •ANYONE ENGAGED WITH BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH ARE REQUIRED TO
- Get themselves registered with CPCSEA.
- Constitute IAEC (Institution Animal Ethical Committee)
- Get Animal House facilities inspected.
- Take clearance for research on small animals and for large animals from
(CPCSEA)
- New and separate registration for permission of breeding and trade.

8. •ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS DONE FOR
- Biomedical research
- Product testing
- Developing new treatments for diseases
- Ways of preventing diseases
- Fundamental biological and medical research
- Safety testing of non-medical products
- Products used in household, agriculture and industry.
- Developing new methods of diagnosis.

9. • Their physiology/anatomy can be matched to humans.
• Animals are mostly susceptible to the diseases that affect humans.
• Due to short life span, animals can be studied throughout their life span in short
period.
• Allows controlled experiments
• Minimize environmental variables .
WHY ANIMALS ARE BEING USED IN EXPERIMENTS AND RESEARCH ?