Ethics and animal welfare
ICS cares about animal welfare.
Our scientific results totaly rely on animals, that's why ICS' team are involved in ethics and welfare. Every day, we do respect, as sensitive beings, animals we are working with.
In 1959, Russel and Burtch have developed the famous 3Rs concept (Replace, Reduce, Refine) in order to protect animals used for scientific purposes. During our projects, we respect this concept. But it is not enough to develop an ethical thinking. Thus, we also improve our procedures in order to obtain a balance between the benefit for science and the animal well-being.