Press Release

September 2003

Physiological Research Outside the Laboratory

Volume 44(4) of the ILAR Journal discusses ethical, regulatory, and practical research issues surrounding the use of free-ranging and captive wildlife. Issue topics include:

• Identifying the regulations and guidelines that apply to research involving free-ranging and captive wildlife.
• Discussion of the ethics, standards, and techniques of trapping and marking terrestrial mammals for research.
• Overview of research programs at zoos, aquariums, and fisheries.

This issue of the Journal also includes a history of the first 50 years of the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR). To order go to www.national-academies.org/ilar, or call 202 334-2590.

Institute for Laboratory Animal Research

Your Source for Science-Based Guidelines for Animal Research

The Keck Center of the National Academies
500 Fifth Street, NW, Keck 687
Washington, DC 20001 mbarrett@nas.edu
url: national-academies.org/ilar
202 334 2590, 202 334 1687 fax