Based in Norfolk, Va., PETA is the strongest national voice against animal research. PETA urges scientists to abandon animal-poisoning tests (for drug toxicity) in favor of methods that do not use animals.

The American Association for Laboratory Animal Science is based in Memphis, Tenn., and advances responsible laboratory animal care and use to benefit people.

Promotes nurturing public understanding of and support for the humane, necessary and valuable use of animals in medicine. It is a charity supported by the nation’s top universities, private research facilities, research-related businesses, scientific and professional societies and foundation grants.

Based in Washington, D.C., it is the only national, nonprofit organization dedicated to advocating public policy supporting the vital role of humane animal use in biomedical research, higher education and product safety testing. NABR provides the unified voice for the scientific community on legislative and regulatory matters affecting laboratory animal research.

The Foundation for Biomedical Research (FBR) is the nation’s oldest and largest organization devoted to promoting public understanding, respect and support for humane and responsible animal research, which advances human and animal health.

Chimp Haven, Inc. is a private, non-profit sanctuary providing lifetime care for chimpanzees retired from service as lab animals in Keithville, La. In 2000, President Bill Clinton signed the CHIMP Act into law which created the National Chimpanzee Sanctuary System which retires chimpanzees from federally funded research programs and is overseen by The National Institutes of Health.

Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Library. Established as part of a 1985 revision to the Animal Welfare Act. Has resources about laboratory animals used in biomedical research including legislation, publications, training, meetings, and organizations.

Part of the National Institutes of Health. The site includes articles, commentary, laws and policies on research animal care, use and euthanasia. For more information contact Susan Brust Silk, director of the OLAW division of policy and education.

David Hufford is professor and director at the Doctors Kienle Center for Humanistic Medicine at the Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey. He teaches and does research on religion and health and folk and alternative health systems.