14-Humane killing, release, re-use or re-homing

Decisions should be made at an early stage as to whether the animals must be humanely killed (and if so, at what point) or whether they can be released into wild, re-used for experiments or re-homed.

14b

Define primary and emergency methods for humane killing.

General principles

For fish researchers

Resources

Humane killing of fish
EFSA Guidance on fish welfare includes guidelines on the welfare aspects of the stunning and killing of farmed turbot, tuna, carp, seabass, seabream, eels, rainbow trout and salmon
Davis et al. (2022): Propofol Immersion As a Euthanasia Method for Adult Zebrafish (Danio Rerio)
Valentim et al. (2016) Euthanizing zebrafish legally in Europe. EMBO Reports. 17(12): 1688-1689.
Hawkins et al. (2013) A Good Death? Report of the Second Newcastle Meeting on Laboratory Animal Euthanasia. Animals, 6(9): 50.

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