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| **Animal       Welfare Act, Regulations, and Standards**
**Animal           Welfare Act**           (text) 

**Animal           Care Regulations:**(Up-to-date as of 4/25/2001)
- Part 1 Definitions
- Part             2 Regulations
- Part             3 Standards
- Part             4 Rules of Practice

**Animal           Welfare Act Summary** (Text           or Pdf)

**2000 Report on the          AVMA Panel on Euthanasia**

report in pdf format

**Fact         Sheets**(one or two page summaries)
-  Questions and Answers about Authority ( text  or  pdf )
- A New Era in Animal Welfare ( text  or  pdf )
- The Animal Welfare             Act Factsheet (Text           or Pdf)
-  Compliance Inspections           (Text or           Pdf)
-  Dealers (Text           or Pdf)
- Animal Exhibitors  (Text           or Pdf)
-  Safeguarding Pets            (Text           or Pdf)           Traveling by Air           With Your Pet
(Text           or Pdf)

**Animal         Care Manuals**
- Animal Care's             Policy Manual (Pdf)
- Dealer Inspection             Manual (Pdf)             
- Research           Manual (Pdf)            

**Animal         Care Reports**
**Annual               Reports of Enforcement           by Fiscal Year**

200220012000199919981997199619951994199319921991199019891988              19871986 198519841983198219811980 1979197819771976197519741973(pdf        files)

**Violation          Summaries**
- Environmental             Enrichment for Non Human Primates    - FY                 2000
  - FY                 2001
  - FY                 2002 
- Summary             of Violations -- all regulated facilities    - Violations 

**Innovative           Enforcement Efforts -- Full Report for 1998**(Text)           

**Environment           Enrichment for Non Human Primates**           (Text) 
**Animal           Care Industry Reports:**- Winter             2003 (pdf)
- Winter             2002 (Pdf)
- Summer             2001 (Pdf)
- Summer             2000 (Pdf)
- Spring             2000 (Pdf)
- Spring             99/Summer 99 (Pdf)
- Winter             98/Spring 99 (Text             or Pdf)
- Summer             1998 (Text             or             Pdf)
- Winter             97/Spring 98 (Text             or Pdf)
- Fall 1997             (Text             or Pdf)             
- Summer             1997 (Text             or Pdf)             
- Spring             1997 (Text             or Pdf)

**Facility              Lists**(Updated        July 14, 2004)
- Dealers:            ("A"           Breeders) ("B"           Dealers)
- Research: (Research)
-  Exhibits:            (Licensed)            (Registered)
- Transportation:        (Carriers) (Handlers)
**Tech       Notes**- Ensuring           Adequate Veterinary Care           (Text)           or (Pdf)
-  Understanding Compliance Inspections(Pdf)           Letter to           Licensees and Registrants concerning findings noted on inspection           reports (Text)

**Institutional         Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)**
- IACUC one           page checklist (Pdf)           
- IACUC survey           (Pdf) 
**Elephant       Documents**- Guidelines           for the Control of Tuberculosis in Elephants - 2003 (pdf)           
- Elephant           Necropsy Protocol - 2003 (pdf)
- Elephant           Research and Tissue Request Protocol - 2003(pdf)
**Marine       Mammal Information**- Sterilization           of Marine Mammal           Pool Waters (Pdf)
- Handling           Fish Fed to           Fish-Eating Animals (Text)
**Exotic       Cats**
Position            Statement on the ownership of Large Exotic Cats(Text)           or (Pdf)

Handling Frozen/Thawed           Meat and Prey Items Fed to Captive Exotic Animals(pdf)
**Traveling       With Your Pet**- USDA Color           Brochure: (text           or Pdf)
- View USDA           Public           Service Film on Pet air transportation
- USDA Traveling           By Air With Your Pet Fact Sheet (text           or Pdf)           
- Air Transport           Association (ATA) information           pertaining to animal travel. 
- International           Airline Transportation Association information           pertaining to animal travel.
- State Regulations           on Animal Import:(go           to page)
- USDA/APHIS           State Offices          (certain countries require Government officials to sign health certificate)
- International           Regulations on Animal Import:(go           to page)
- The CDC's           requirements           on importing your pet.
-  APHIS Veterinary           Services National Center for Import and Export (NCIE)           of animals and animal products
**License       and Registration Information**- Licensing           and Registration           Under the AWA(text)

**Farm         Animal**

Farm Animal           Guidelines Proposed Notice (Pdf)

**Rats,         Mice, and Birds**
- ARDF Petition:           (text) (Pdf)
- Animal Care           Settlement (text)
- Congress           Directive in Appropriations Bill (text) 
- 2002 Farm           Bill Language on Rats, Mice, and Birds -- the Senator Helms Amendment           to the Animal Welfare Act (text)           or (pdf) 
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