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1997 ALDF Update 1 (1997)

handle is hein.animal/aldfup1997 and id is 1 raw text is: _ _update Volume 11, Number 1 February 1997 RESEARCH ALDF FORCES USDA TO PROTECT PRIMATES IN LABORATORIES AND ROADSIDE ZOOS ALDF has won a battle for primates held by research laboratories, roadside zoos and animal dealers. On October 30, 1996, U.S. District Court (D.C.) Judge Charles Richey ruled that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's regulations addressing the psychological well-being of primates violate the federal Animal Welfare Act and must be rewritten. In 1985, Congress amended the Animal Welfare Act, the only federal law which provides protection for animals used in research facilities, zoos and other exhibitions, and ordered the USDA to develop stricter standards, including physical environments adequate to promote the psychological well-being of primates. Judge Richey called the USDA's 11 year failure to issue such standards egregious. The National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR) has intervened and filed a notice of appeal. (ALDF v. Glickman, PF 741.20) APPEALS COURT HOLDS THAT NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES MUST OPEN DOORS TO PUBLIC On January 10, 1997, the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, ruled that a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) committee, which advises the National Institutes of Health on the care and treatment of animals used in research is subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), to wit, it should have opened its meetings to the public and not proceeded in secret. This unanimous decision is a victory for the public's right to know and for animal advocates. For over four decades, the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (Guide) has been published by a principal arm of the NAS and includes the guidelines for handling and monitoring the treatment of animals in research. Traditionally, the Guide has been written and revised only by representatives of the research industry. Appellants, ALDF, Psychologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and the Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights, sought access to those meetings and to any minutes, transcripts, or records of the Committee under FACA. The District Court granted defendants' motion for summary judgment, concluding that the Guide Committee was not an New Address: 127 Fourth Street, Petaluma, CA 94952-3005 A BI-MONTHLY NEWS SHEET FOR ATTORNEY MEMBERS OF THE ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND 1363 Lincoln Avenue San Rafael, California 94901 415/459-0885

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