The Committee is determined to insure the following basics:

• Not to use the animal in unjustified experiments.
• Animal breeding and transportation occurs in a humane manner.
• Care of the animal during the period before, during and after surgery (if necessary) is done without neglect.
• The animal should not be exposed to any brutal treatment, abuse or torture.
• The animal will only be killed if necessary and done in humane ways using suitable method of Euthanasia.
• Full knowledge of animal husbandry and care methods to all those who deal with animals.
• Full knowledge of infectious, epidemiological, endemic, and common diseases between humans and animals, and how to deal with and prevent them, and to report any of them as soon as they appear.
• Safe and sound disposal of animal carcass (if any) in accordance with biosecurity and biosafety standards.
• Some treatments may cause pain to the animal, so it is preferable to avoid them unless there is a need for them. At that time, pain killers must be provided to the animal. Some examples of such transactions include:
  • Prolonged physical restraint of the animal.
  • Deprivation of food and water.
  • Tumours.
  • Inevitable death at the end of the experiment.
  • Skin or corneal tests.
  • Drawing blood samples from the heart or eye.
• Animals used for tumour biology research or tumour treatment are very likely to suffer from pain or anxiety and stress and therefore they must be carefully observed in terms of the development of the tumour size or the severity of the development of diseases associated with the tumour to end their life quickly instead of leaving them to reach a dying state, which is accompanied by pain and suffering and can result in:
  • Physiological changes.
  • Chemical and biological changes.
• Animals that are used in toxicology studies may also suffer from pain and stress as a result of toxicity, which requires immediate treatment of the animal if this does not conflict with the purpose of the experiment.
• Whoever carries out the process of euthanasia must be well trained and among the staff members or their assistants in charge of the research, to ensure their sense of responsibility and concern for the comfort of the animals.
• All cages of laboratory animals, particularly rodents (rats and mice), must contain bedding.
• The use of cats, dogs and primates in very limited numbers, and in experiments that cannot be carried out on other animals.
• It is necessary to terminate the experiment on the animal, and to immediately euthanatize the animals if any of the following symptoms appear on the animal:
  • Unbalanced movement that does not enable the animal to reach food and water.
  • Significant loss of weight or extreme thinness that leads to emaciation.
  • Loss of consciousness or lack of control over body movements.
  • Difficult breathing of the animal.
  • Inability of the animal to stand.
• Observing the genetically modified animals (behaviourally and physically) in order to ensure that no mutations or changes in their appearance affect their levels of welfare.
• Experimentally infected animals may suffer from pain and stress, which requires ending the animal's life instead of waiting for it to die, and severe drop in body temperature can be used as an indicator of this.