f6098d8b__and_Use_of_Laboratory_Animals__Comments
[ID] 255 [Entry Date] 04/20/2011 at 12:14:46 PM [Affiliation] Self [Comments] 
Comment 1: NO - do not adopt this guide The new guide was originally supposed to be an "update" of the 1996 Guide. However, the new guide is twice as long and contains a great deal of new "policy." The key problem is a lack of any scientific rationale for the changes. Compliance with this immensely burdensome approach will increase the expense to taxpayers, require large increases in paperwork burden, infringe on scientific based decisions, and slow progress in biomedical discovery and treatment development. At the end of the day, this guide will provide NO REAL IMPROVEMENT in animal welfare, but impede science and medicine. Comment 2: This new Guide should be tabled and only data driven approaches should be utilized for policy decisions.
Listing of Public Comments on Proposed Adoption and Implementation of the Eighth Edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals