ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2021
Open Transparent Communication about Animals in Laboratories: Dialog for Multiple Voices and Multiple Audiences.
Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- A Need for Societal Involvement in Promoting a Culture of Care in Animal Research.Journal of bioethical inquiry · 2026Article
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- Toward Transparency on Animal Experimentation in Switzerland: Seven Recommendations for the Provision of Public Information in Swiss Law.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Animal Research Regulation: Improving Decision-Making and Adopting a Transparent System to Address Concerns around Approval Rate of Experiments.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Between animal research and animal welfare: Analysing the openness practices of UK Named Veterinary Surgeons.Animal welfare (South Mimms, England) · 2024Article
- Perceptions of laboratory animal veterinarians regarding institutional transparency.Animal welfare (South Mimms, England) · 2023Article
- Culture of care in animal research - Expanding the 3Rs to include people.Laboratory animals · 2022Review
- Clarifying the Ethics and Oversight of Chimeric Research.The Hastings Center report · 2022Article
- Critiquing imaginaries of 'the public' in UK dialogue around animal research: Insights from the Mass Observation Project.Studies in history and philosophy of science · 2022Article
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Abstract
In this article, I offer insights and proposals to the current movement for increased openness and transparency about animal use in laboratories. Increased transparency cannot be total transparency-as no story or picture can ever be complete. When research advocates share their stories, they must decide which words and pictures to edit out. I ask here: Who of the listening "public" gets a chance to revisit this editing, and find the information that is important to them? To the extent that (what I call) the "new openness" attempts to speak to a "lay public" and exclude animal activists, I suggest that refinement-focused animal protectionists deserve enhanced avenues of openness and inclusion-which some research advocates might fear giving to more extreme activists and which a less invested "lay public" may not want or need. I conclude with some specific examples and suggestions to not just invite inquiry from animal advocates, but to bring them in as witnesses and participants, to learn from and incorporate their concerns, priorities, expertise, and suggestions. This can bring a diversity of ideas and values that could improve the quality of science, the credibility of animal researchers, and the welfare of the animals in laboratories.
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