I-CARE is an association that works to develope, teach and propagate non-animal methods in biomedical research, chemical testing and education.



The diffusion of new methods which don't involve the use of animals has brought to the salvage of a lot of lab animals, so now I-CARE also works to REHABILITATE them; I-CARE volunteers set up shelters for animals saved from experimentation and with a lot of patience they heal physical and psychological damages that privations of the life in labs provoked them. At the end of the rehabilitation period, which varies from species to species, animals are given for adoption through a strict selection of the proper people.



Following I-CARE publications (PDFs you can download):



• Establishment of human tissue banks for bio-medical research in Switzerland
• Empowerment and training in the use replacement alternatives in education - the success stories in Italy, India and Romania
• The success of the concept of the 4th R: A new era in laboratory animal care
• The impact of facts from the rehabilitation of laboratory rabbits on reliability and evaluation of experimental data
• Interactive database of alternative methods in education