AAALAC accreditation
BPRC is an AAALAC-accredited scientific research institute. This means that we do not just meet the bare minimum legally required standards, but voluntarily go above and beyond to create the best possible living conditions for our animals.
AAALAC (Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care) International is a not-for-profit organisation that seeks to bridge the gap between scientific progress and animal welfare. AAALAC deems that animal testing in scientific research is only acceptable if no alternative methods are available and on the condition that the study is conducted in an ethical and humane manner. AAALAC seeks to get scientific research institutes to agree of their own accord to undergo assessment regarding the way in which they deal with the animals they use in their research projects. In other words, AAALAC assessments are not mandatory, but all the same there are now AAALAC-accredited research institutes in over 36 countries.
