The Insect Welfare Research Society publishes annually-revised guidelines
The IWRS guidelines apply the 3Rs — Replacement, Reduction, and Refinement — to laboratory, field, classroom, and production research with insects and decapod crustaceans.
The Guidelines
INSECTS
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DECAPODS
2026 GUIDELINES
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2024 GUIDELINES
For non-IWRS guidelines on the care and welfare of cephalopods in research, see Fiorito et al. 2015.