Sunday, 17 November 2024 16:35

Animal use in education: University of Copenhagen wants to significantly reduce the use of laboratory animals Featured

As the popular science news portal Videnskab.dk has reported, course organizers in the life sciences are to be urged to stop using animals in their courses. This would mean a saving of around 700-800 animals a year.


Jørgen Kurtzhals, Vice Dean for Education at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (SUND) at the University of Copenhagen, has stated that all course organizers will be required to remove animals from their curricula or have to "thoroughly justify" why their use is still necessary.  

Comparable teaching content could also be taught using video material or computer simulations, according to Axel Kornerup Hansen, chairman of the Danish 3R Center.

Source and further information:
https://www.nordisch.info/daenemark/universitaet-kopenhagen-moechte-den-einsatz-von-versuchstieren-deutlich-reduzieren/