Vol. 7 Issue 8, October 9, 2025

Letter from the President

Combatting Wildlife Smuggling

This article explores the escalating global crisis of wildlife smuggling and highlights how cutting-edge forensic innovations—such as gorilla fingerprinting and DNA sequencing—are enhancing law enforcement’s ability to trace trafficking networks. By weaving scientific breakthroughs with narrative storytelling, it underscores the urgent need to strengthen deterrents and scale these tools across jurisdictions.

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals: The Evolution of a Goal and Its Eventual Fulfilment

This article charts the journey from early calls to replace lab animals to today’s breakthroughs in human-relevant technologies like organoids and organs-on-a-chip. It highlights how the 3Rs concept evolved into a global movement reshaping modern biomedical research. READ MORE

Positive Animal Welfare

This piece discusses Positive Animal Welfare (PAW), a shift from simply reducing animal suffering to actively promoting positive experiences. It highlights key insights from the ISAE Utrecht conference and new tools like the Welfare Footprint that help integrate PAW into sustainability and welfare assessment. READ MORE