Feb. 4, 2026 | Highlights, News, Public resources
These short animated videos explain important ideas about the 3Rs and how research is carried out responsibly. Find the German, French and Italian playlists here: GERMAN FRENCH...
Jan. 13, 2026 | Highlights
Every day, in laboratories across Switzerland, mice are picked up, moved, weighed or examined. These small actions happen thousands of times, and for a long time, hardly anyone questioned how they were done. But how a mouse is handled matters more than it might seem....
Dez. 29, 2025 | Highlights, News, Public resources
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...
Dez. 22, 2025 | COC Reports, Highlights, News
The Culture of Care is a key approach in research involving animals, focusing on responsibility, reflection and animal welfare. To celebrate recent successes in Switzerland, we created a short comic strip highlighting the work of Angelika Offinger from the Animal...
Dez. 18, 2025 | Highlights, News, Public resources
Every medicine we rely on today, from painkillers to cancer drugs, has gone through a long and complex development process. Before a drug ever reaches patients, it must be carefully tested to check if it is safe and effective. Today, much of this testing is still done...
Dez. 18, 2025 | Highlights, News, Public resources
To improve animal welfare in Switzerland, we need to understand not only how many animals and which species are used but also how they are used. By analysing 27 years of publicly available data, we examined trends in the number of animal uses and their severity...
