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The remit of the ASAB Ethics Committee is to:

  • Promote the ethical treatment of animal subjects used in research
  • Advise ASAB Council and members on ethical issues which affect them in the process of designing and conducting ethological research
  • Advise the scientific and teaching community on current best practice with respect to the treatment of animals used in research and teaching
  • Ethically review scientific papers submitted to the journal Animal Behaviour

 

Composition of the ASAB Ethics Committee (2010)

Chair: Dr Kate Buchanan Deakin University, Australia
Secretary: Prof. Jane Hurst (ASAB President) University of Liverpool, UK
Dr Louise Barrett
(Europ. Exec. Editor, Animal Behaviour)
University of Lethbridge, Canada
Dr Teresa Burt de PereraOxford University, UK
Dr Claudio Carere University degli Studi della Tuscia, Italy
Dr Toby Carter Anglia Ruskin University, UK
Dr Adrian HaileyUniversity of West Indies
Dr Robert HubrechtUniversities Federation for Animal Welfare, UK
Dr Domhall JenningsNewcastle University, UK
Prof Neil MetcalfeGlasgow University, UK
Dr Charlotte NevisonAnglia Ruskin University, UK
Dr Chris SherwinBristol University, UK
Dr Lynne SneddonLiverpool University, UK
Dr Janet TallingCentral Science Laboratory, UK
Dr Rob ThomasCardiff University, UK
Dr Mike ThompsonUniversity of Sydney, Australia
Dr Natalie WaranUnitec, New Zealand
Dr Frank Peron CNRS, France