Invasive Research on Non-Human Primates—Time to Turn the Page

Padrell, Maria; Llorente, Miquel; Amici, Federica

doi:10.3390/ani11102999

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“…Some may view that the harm to animals outweigh the benefits of conducting further NHP neuroscience experiments (e.g. Padrell et al, 2021 ); however, the HBA provides a measure for balancing potential harm with expected benefit (see Fig. 2 a).…”

Section: Analyze Current Ethical Decision Modelsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A framework and resource for global collaboration in non-human primate neuroscience

Hartig¹,

Klink²,

Polyakova³

et al. 2023

Current Research in Neurobiology

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Section: Analyze Current Ethical Decision Modelsmentioning

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A framework and resource for global collaboration in non-human primate neuroscience

Hartig¹,

Klink²,

Polyakova³

et al. 2023

Current Research in Neurobiology

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“…Testing neurotransmission is often performed on rodents linked to an electrode. Many of these studies cause long term stress to the animals involved [ 55 ], and the animals need special training to enter a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machine [ 56 ]. Human subjects though, cooperate voluntarily based on informed consent and agree to be linked to an fMRI to monitor brain activity.…”

Section: A New Challenge: the Non-invasive Neuroscientific Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Animals in Animal-Assisted Services: Are They Volunteers or Professionals?

Wijnen¹,

Martens²

2022

Animals

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With the increasingly common practice of Animal-Assisted Services (AAS), whether in therapy, coaching, education, or volunteering programs, the concern over animal welfare has also risen. However, no standards have yet been established for good practices to ensure the animal’s mental health. This is largely due to the wide variety of roles played by animals in interventions and the lack of ‘job descriptions’ for the animal in diverse settings. Some professionals call their animal a ‘volunteer’, others mention that some directive guidance is given to the therapy animal, and some assistance animals are highly trained. Misunderstandings could be avoided if the integrated animal were to receive a justifiable label: volunteer or professional. Choosing either one comes with obligations for the owner, handler, or therapist. In this paper, we compare the roles of human volunteers and professionals to the roles of animals involved in therapy. We also demonstrate the obligations that come along with the decision to label animals as such either volunteers or professionals. Furthermore, we make a plea for animal-friendly interventions, whether in a volunteer position or as a professional, in order to stimulate the animal’s cooperation and motivation. Studying dopamine and translating the findings into context-ethograms can provide a way to judge behavior more objectively.

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“…For example, there has been a recent drive for the reduction of the use of non-human primates in invasive research as well as increased legal protection in several countries. This shift is partly due to increasing evidence for complex cognition and behaviour in these animals (Padrell et al, 2021). However, invasive work continues with many other taxa, such as rats and dogs, which arguably show similarly high levels of cognitive abilities, for instance, metacognition (rats: Foote & Crystal, 2007; dogs: Belger & Bräuer, 2018).…”

Section: Cognition and Welfarementioning

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From Pigs to Silkworms: Cognition and Welfare across 10 Farmed Taxa

Miller

Schiestl

Trevarthen

et al. 2022

Preprint

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Billions of animals across many taxa are extensively farmed, with critical impacts on animal welfare. Societal efforts to reduce animal suffering lack rigorous and systematic approaches that facilitate maximising welfare improvements, such as informed funding allocation decisions. We present a multi-measure, cross-taxa framework for modelling differences in pain, suffering, and related cognition to assess whether certain animals have larger welfare ranges (how well or badly animals can fare). Measures include behavioural flexibility, cognitive sophistication, and general learning. We evaluated 90 empirically detectable proxies for cognition and welfare range (henceforth 'proxies') in pigs, chickens, carp, salmon, octopus, shrimp, crabs, crayfish, bees, and silkworms. We grouped a subset of proxies into: A) 10 ideal proxies and B) 10 less ideal proxies but with sufficient data for interspecies comparisons. We graded the strength of evidence per proxy across taxa, and constructed a cognition and welfare range profile, with overall judgement scores (ranging from likely no/low confidence to yes/very high confidence). We discuss the implications of comparisons and highlight key avenues for future research. This work is timely, given recent indications of significant political will towards reducing animal suffering, such as the inclusion of cephalopods and decapods in the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill following a UK government-commissioned research review. Given the novelty and robustness of our review, we believe it sets a new standard for investigating interspecies comparisons of cognition and welfare ranges and helps inform future research. This should help streamline funding allocations and improve the welfare of millions of farmed animals.

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Invasive Research on Non-Human Primates—Time to Turn the Page

Cited by 12 publications

References 142 publications

A framework and resource for global collaboration in non-human primate neuroscience

A framework and resource for global collaboration in non-human primate neuroscience

Animals in Animal-Assisted Services: Are They Volunteers or Professionals?

From Pigs to Silkworms: Cognition and Welfare across 10 Farmed Taxa

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