ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION LAWS IN INDIA
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Animal Experimentation, Animal Testing, Laws in India, CPCSEA, PCA ActAbstract
Animals play a major role in human existence. Animals are used for pharmaceutical research to acknowledge diverse forms of human and animal diseases and moreover for anticipation and treatment of it. Since there are no other methods, animals are still being used for enhancing health conditions of humans and animals. The laws for experimentation on animals are laid down under the provisions of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (PCA), 1960 and the Breeding of and Experimentation on Animals (Control and Supervision) Rules, 1998. The laws are executed by "The Committee for the Purpose and Supervision of Experiments on Animals"(CPCSEA), it is a legal body established in the year 1964 under Chapter IV, Section 15(1) of PCA Act. The main aim of the committee is to make sure the animals are used in research judiciously. Unfortunately, even after all these provisions the issue related to the behaviour of animals and lack of adequate facilities to animals still persists. This article discusses the provisions, ethics and regulations related to Animal Experimentation in India. It also provides information about the functions played by the various committee in protecting the animals from severe pain and suffering and further discusses the relevant changes made in the Breeding of and Experiments on Animals (Control and Supervision) Rules, 1998.
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• Article-Laws and Regulations regarding Animal Experimentation by Divya Banerjee
and Mridul Tripathi: ipleaders
• Current Status of Animal Experimentation in India- Dr. P.Suresh
• SOP-CPCSEA
• Animal Experimentation and Research in India - K.R. Murthy
• Animal Ethics SOP
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