All Laboratories involving dogs/cats should be required to have a rehoming strategy as a condition of being issued a licence and for the Government to fund a care/home system for laboratory animals. They should make public their adoption policies for rehoming and publish rehoming figures annually.
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Minimal applications of licences by laboratories offer a rehoming strategy for dogs and cats after experimentation or if a surplus to need. It has been shown that laboratory animals can be rehomed successfully after rehabilitation in organisations such as the RSCPA. The LASA document shows a possible strategy which has not been addressed and should be put into action by the Government. https://www.lasa.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/LASA-Guidance-on-the-Rehoming-of-Laboratory-Dogs.pdf