Neuroscience, the study of the brain and nervous system, is one of the research areas in Switzerland that has relied heavily on the use of animals, as revealed by our analysis of trends in the number of animal uses over the last 27 years. As scientific methods advance, new possibilities are emerging to replace animal […]

A factsheet explaining how animals are used in Switzerland, how often, and with what level of burden, in simple terms.

Enjoy highlights from an engagement event where students from the International School of Lausanne met scientific authors, educating them about the 3R principle of animal experiments: replacement, reduction, and refinement.

This video is the presentation of the educational activities of the workshop by Marcelle Holloway, JRC (European Commission).

This video is the 3RCC perspective from the Teacher Training workshop presented by Dr. Jenny Sandström, Executive Director of the Swiss 3RCC (CH).

This video is the introduction to the Teach the Teacher workshop given by Dr. David Pamies, UniL (CH).

An important discussion in today’s society is whether we should make animals suffer for the sake of science and product development. In this article, I present four examples of animal tests that were introduced in the past to protect patients and consumers, and I discuss attempts to replace those animal tests with other methods. When […]

Even when no other alternatives are available for scientific experiments, the use of research animals is still a difficult decision. To promote more ethical animal research, scientists must follow the 3Rs principle. Reduction is one of the 3Rs—it involves keeping the number of animals used to a minimum, by obtaining information from fewer animals or […]

An important discussion in today’s society is whether we should make animals suffer for the sake of science and product development. In this article, I present four examples of animal tests that were introduced in the past to protect patients and consumers, and I discuss attempts to replace those animal tests with other methods. When […]

This video is a lay introduction by Prof. Paulin Jirkof from the University of Zürich to Tunnel Handling, a non-aversive way to handle laboratory animals developed by Prof. Jane Hurst from the University of Liverpool.