We are happy to support you in all matters relating to the 3Rs. Are you looking for contacts within the 3R community or do you need information about the 3Rs themselves? We are happy to help you with communication and networking.

Do you need support in rehoming laboratory animals to private homes? Please contact us. Our expert looks forward to hearing from you.

We've been talking about the 3Rs since Russell and Burch in 1959, and periodically we add additional Rs. But do we all really mean the same thing? We use a wide variety of ways and tools for our communication. We communicate in different languages, with different intentions even within and outside different groups. Different previous knowledge, interests and ideas influence what we want to send out on the one hand and what we hear on the other. Here we would like to support you as RepRefRed Society. Be it as a knowledge transfer platform, as a mediated instance within the 3R community or in the preparation of 3R topics to support you in your communication in the best possible way.

The Directive 2010/63 of the EU Article 19 regulates the private accommodation of laboratory animals. This directive has been implemented by the member states of the European Union in their national legislation.

§10, of the TVG ( Austrian Animal Testing Law) deals with the accommodation of former laboratory animals in Austria.

The conditions for private accommodation include an unobjectionable state of health and that appropriate measures are taken to ensure the welfare of the animals. Breeders, suppliers and users whose animals are to be rehomed must have a program in place to ensure the socialization of the animals to be privately housed.

However, this is a very time consuming task.

The RepRefRed Society and the Austrian 3R Center are now working together with Mrs. Ing Astrid Fabry, an employee of the Medical University of Vienna to create an Austria-wide platform for rehoming.