56 Years of the Animal Welfare Act
 President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the (Laboratory) Animal Welfare Act. Photo courtesy of Lyndon B. Johnson Library, image by Mike Geissinger.
The (Laboratory) Animal Welfare Act (AWA) was passed 56 years ago on August 24, 1966. Originally, the Act was established to prevent pets from being stolen and sold into research. It also protected certain animals (dogs, cats, nonhuman primates, guinea pigs, hamsters, and rabbits) prior to entering research by regulating the transport, sale, and handling of those animals.
Over the past 56 years, the AWA has been amended numerous times to protect other animals and further oversee the use of animals in research, teaching, testing, and exhibition (e.g., carnivals, circuses, zoos). To learn more about the AWA's history and amendments, visit the Animal Welfare Information Center's (AWIC) Animal Welfare Act History Digital Collection (AWAHDC) or view AWIC's Animal Welfare Act webpage for current information. If you have any questions, please contact us.
Check out AWIC's 3Rs webpage for 3Rs and animal welfare related funding opportunities!
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