Invitation to the upcoming online meeting on 3Rs and Best Practice in Wild Terrestrial Mammal Research

The Norwegian National Committee for the Protection of Animals used for Scientific Purposes would like to invite you to the next online meeting in our meeting series on the use of wild animals in research.  

This time we focus on “3Rs in Wild Terrestrial Mammal Research”.  

Place: Teams, Date: 14.10.25, Time: 10.00-12.00.   

All other national committees, 3R centers, competent authorities and researchers working with wild terrestrial mammals in Europe are welcome.  

The objectives for the meeting are to establish contact for dialogue and exchange of information on best practice in the use of free-ranging wild terrestrial animals for scientific purposes.    

Sign up to join the meeting by sending a message to: post@forsoksdyrkomiteen.no   

Everyone who signs up will be sent the agenda for the meeting and the link to the online meeting.    

Presenters and topics will be:

Prof. Carl Soulsbury, School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK: “The welfare and ethics of research involving wild animals: A primer”
Prof. Jon Martin Arnemo, University of Inland, Norway “The 5 Rs and Best Practice in Wild Terrestrial Mammal Research”

 

Online meetings series on wild animals used in procedures – Earlier meetings.  

The Norwegian National Committee for the Protection of Animals used for Scientific Purposes held an online meeting on February 27, 2024, with national committees (NC), 3R centres, authorities and researchers in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, UK, and Norway on 3Rs in Wildlife Research. 

Link to information about the meeting: /online-meeting-about-3rs-and-best-practice-in-wildlife-research/ 

TLink to resources shared at this meeting: /sharing-information-on-3r-in-wildlife-research/ 

Due to the great interest in 3Rs in wildlife research and recognizing that the 3R expertise typically follows the species or group of species, the Norwegian National Committee is launching a series of online meetings focusing on one species category at the time. Since there are many different species and unpractical to have one meeting for each, we have at this point broadly divided the focus into wild birds, terrestrial mammals and marine mammals. If of interest, other species, categories, such as wild fish, reptiles and amphibians may be added. 

The first meeting was on the topic: “3Rs in Wild Bird Research.” 

Link to information about the meeting: /invitation-to-an-online-meeting-on-3rs-and-best-practice-in-wild-bird-research/

Several topics were discussed, and resources were shared.  

Link to resources shared at this meeting: /sharing-information-on-3rs-and-best-practice-in-wild-bird-research/