This site was created to serve as a secure and confidential source for the reporting of any specific concerns about the well-being of animals used for experimentation, testing and/or teaching. Labanimalissues.org is open to all persons wishing to notify us about any laboratory animal welfare problem:

• whether it involves one animal or many animals;

• whether the concern is for animals in one laboratory cage, animals used by one principal investigator or animals throughout an institution; and

• whether or not there has been a violation of any law or guideline.

Our objective is to assist you in helping laboratory animals who are suffering unnecessarily or are simply in need of better treatment. Your report can be anonymous, and our website is certified to ensure the highest level of privacy, confidentiality and security. We will follow-up on each report by taking whatever action we can to improve the situation for the laboratory animals involved. This may include, but is not limited to:

• personally inspecting the animals;

• filing complaints with the appropriate oversight agency; and 

• reporting to the media and/or Congress.

The labanimalissues.org website is maintained by the Animal Welfare Institute. The Institute, founded in 1951, is devoted to reducing the sum total of pain and fear inflicted on animals by humans. We seek humane treatment of animals used for experimentation and the development and use of alternatives (refinement, reduction and replacement). The Institute supports strong enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act by the US Department of Agriculture and inclusion of birds, mice and rats under the Act. For more information on the Animal Welfare Institute, please visit our website, www.awionline.org.