Strategies to help reduce or avoid Severe Suffering

There are a number of practical elements that can contribute towards reducing or avoiding severe suffering, including:

Refinement
Welfare assessment
Humane Endpoints

We have also developed a 'Road Map towards Ending Severe Suffering' to bring together these elements into a practical strategy.

Road Map

The 'Road map' is a series of steps to identify ways to reduce, avoid and end severe suffering.

Refinement

Refinement can be defined as any measure that will reduce suffering or improve welfare.

Welfare Assessment

The term 'welfare assessment' refers to monitoring animals for signs of pain, suffering and distress

Humane Endpoints

A humane endpoint is a limit to the level of suffering an animal can experience within a procedure.

Case Studies

The following case studies illustrate where refinement has been applied to severe models/procedures