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The 3R principles provide an ethical framework for animal research throughout the world. However, despite the increasing awareness of these principles, there is still a lot of room for improving their implementation, especially when it comes to reduction. By combining Bayesian statistics with a shift in experimental design, here we present an entirely new idea to reduce animal numbers within experiments.

While emotional support animals can provide comfort for those with mental or emotional disabilities, several factors must be considered when determining the necessary oversight of these animals in institutional academic or research buildings. We invited experts from Wayne State University (Erin Katz), University of California San Francisco (Carine Serageldine) and the University of Oregon (Stephanie Womack, Audrey Harris and Kathy Snell) along with Acting Director, OLAW (Axel Wolff) to respond to a perplexing situation at Great Eastern University.