Resource links about ANZCCART and animal welfare in New Zealand

The following resources about ANZCCART and animal welfare in New Zealand are available:

• Animal Research Saves Lives (ANZCCART resource) (PDF, 1.8 MB, 14 pages)

• Animal welfare in NZ (Ministry of Primary Industries)

• Animals in research, testing, and teaching | NZ Government

• ANZCCART Annual Report (PDF, 1.5 MB, 46 pages)

• ANZCCART Newsletters

• A Culture of Care - A Guide for People Working with Animals in RTT (PDF)

• SPCA New Zealand

• The National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee (NAEAC) website

• The National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) website

• What is ANZCCART (2026)(ANZCCART resource) (PDF, 428 kb, 1 page)

 

Resources for media

• Understanding Animal Research (UK website)

• Animal Welfare Act 1999 (Parliamentary Council Office website)

• Guide to the Animal Welfare Act (Ministry for Primary Industries website)

• The National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee (NAEAC) website

• The National Animal Welfare Committee (NAWAC) website

• SPCA New Zealand

• Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (resource database hosted by Johns Hopkins University)

• European Animal Research Association  

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Resource links about the use of animals in research, testing or teaching in New Zealand

• What is ANZCCART? (2026 ANZCCART resource, PDF)

• National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee (NAEAC) website

• National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) website

• Animal welfare in NZ (Ministry for Primary Industries)

• Guide to the Animal Welfare (Ministry for Primary Industries)

• Animal Research Saves Lives (ANZCCART resource) (PDF, 1.8 MB, 14 pages)

• Three Rs Poster (2026 ANZCCART resource) (PDF, 6.7 MB, 1 page)

• ANZCCART Newsletters

• Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (resource database hosted by Johns Hopkins University)

• SPCA New Zealand

• Culture of Care (A NAEAC guide for people working with animals in research, testing and teaching) (PDF, 428 kb, 6 pages)

• Ethical guidelines for School students (2026 ANZCCART resource) (PDF, 108 kb, 1 page)

• Ethical guide for Tertiary students in laboratory classes involving the use of animals and animal tissues (2026 ANZCCART resource) (PDF, 1 page)

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Resources about the Three Rs

• Download Three Rs Poster (2026 ANZCCART resource) (PDF, 6.7 MB, 1 page)

• Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing

• Norecopa resources about the 3Rs

• Statistical design for animal welfare. We strongly recommend the resources on designing animal experiments provided by Michael Festing.

 

ANZCCART NZ 3Rs publications

The Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching (ANZCCART)  have produced a series of booklets on the application of the three Rs (replacement, reduction and refinement) in the use of animals in research and teaching.

• Organ-on-a-chip and Organoids (2026)

• Cell-based Disease Models (replacement) (2019) 

• Computer Assisted Learning (replacement) (2021)

• Mannequins and Dummies (replacement) (2021)

• Alternatives to shellfish toxicity testing (replacement)  (2018)

• Fireflies to the rescue (reduction) (2019)

• Mathematical models (reduction) (2022)

• Tissue sharing (reduction) (2024)

• Simple ingenuity (refinement) (2019)

• Non-Invasive Methods (refinement) (2018)

• Living syringes (refinement) (2018)

• Oil emulsified gels (refinement) (2022)

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Resource links on alternatives to using animals in research, testing or teaching

• 9th World congress on alternatives and animal use in the life sciences (conference website)

• Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (resource database hosted by Johns Hopkins University)

• Altex, alternatives to animal experimentation (journal website)

• EU reference laboratory for alternatives to animal testing (EURL ECVAM)

• European society for alternates to animal testing

• ICCVAM (US committee advancing alternatives to animal testing)

• Korean centre for the validation of alternatives to animal testing (KoCVAM)

• Physicians committee for responsible medicine, alternatives to animal testing

• Incorporating new approach methodologies in the development of new medicines (NC3Rs)

• Non animal models - CSIRO a report assessing the potential of non animal models in Australia