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 ==== Animal Welfare Information Center ====
-The Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC) is a centralized resource of information products, services, and activities that provide information on [[animal welfare]] in research, teaching, testing, and exhibition as specified by the Improved Standards for Laboratory Animals Act of 1985.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Animal Welfare Information Center|url=https://www.nal.usda.gov/awic|access-date=2021-09-22|website=www.nal.usda.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=About AWIC {{!}} Animal Welfare Information Center {{!}} NAL {{!}} USDA|url=https://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/about-awic|access-date=2021-09-22|website=www.nal.usda.gov}}</ref> The 1985 Act was an amendment to the [[Animal Welfare Act of 1966]] (AWA), and mandated an information service at the NAL to provide information on employee training, preventing duplication of animal experiments, and improving animal experimentation methods by reducing or replacing animal use and minimizing animals' pain and distress.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=U.S.C. Title 7 - AGRICULTURE|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2015-title7/html/USCODE-2015-title7-chap54.htm|access-date=2021-09-22|website=www.govinfo.gov}}</ref> The center later became known as AWIC in 1986.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Science|first=National Research Council (US) Committee on Educational Programs in Laboratory Animal|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK235681/|title=The Animal Welfare Information Center|date=1991|publisher=National Academies Press (US)|language=en}}</ref>
+The [[Animal Welfare Information Center]] (AWIC) is a centralized resource of information products, services, and activities that provide information on [[animal welfare]] in research, teaching, testing, and exhibition as specified by the Improved Standards for Laboratory Animals Act of 1985.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Animal Welfare Information Center|url=https://www.nal.usda.gov/awic|access-date=2021-09-22|website=www.nal.usda.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=About AWIC {{!}} Animal Welfare Information Center {{!}} NAL {{!}} USDA|url=https://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/about-awic|access-date=2021-09-22|website=www.nal.usda.gov}}</ref> The 1985 Act was an amendment to the [[Animal Welfare Act of 1966]] (AWA), and mandated an information service at the NAL to provide information on employee training, preventing duplication of animal experiments, and improving animal experimentation methods by reducing or replacing animal use and minimizing animals' pain and distress.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=U.S.C. Title 7 - AGRICULTURE|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2015-title7/html/USCODE-2015-title7-chap54.htm|access-date=2021-09-22|website=www.govinfo.gov}}</ref> The center later became known as AWIC in 1986.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Science|first=National Research Council (US) Committee on Educational Programs in Laboratory Animal|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK235681/|title=The Animal Welfare Information Center|date=1991|publisher=National Academies Press (US)|language=en}}</ref>
 The AWIC provides educational outreach through its website, free in-person and virtual workshops and trainings, the USDA NAL Twitter feed, and monthly newsletters.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=AWIC Workshop & Trainings {{!}} Animal Welfare Information Center {{!}} NAL {{!}} USDA|url=https://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/awic-workshop|access-date=2021-09-22|website=www.nal.usda.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=USDA Agricultural Research Service|url=https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAARS/subscriber/new?topic_id=USDAARS_3|access-date=2021-09-22|website=public.govdelivery.com}}</ref> Outreach topics focus on the AWA and its amendments, the [[Three Rs (animal research)|Three Rs]] principles (reduction, replacement, and refinement of animal use), and alternatives literature searching.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Animal Welfare Act {{!}} Animal Welfare Information Center {{!}} NAL {{!}} USDA|url=https://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/animal-welfare-act|access-date=2021-09-22|website=www.nal.usda.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=3Rs Alternatives: Technologies and Approaches {{!}} Animal Welfare Information Center {{!}} NAL {{!}} USDA|url=https://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/3rs-alternatives-technologies-and-approaches|access-date=2021-09-22|website=www.nal.usda.gov|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Alternatives Literature Searching {{!}} Animal Welfare Information Center {{!}} NAL {{!}} USDA|url=https://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/alternatives-literature-searching|access-date=2021-09-22|website=www.nal.usda.gov}}</ref> This information is available to the public, but is specifically targeted towards scientists, veterinarians, animal care staff, librarians, and students. AWIC also provides free literature searching services upon request.<ref name=":2" />