The Canadian Council on Animal Care (hereafter referred to as CCAC), was created in 1968 as a result of a committee established by the National Research Council at the request of the Medical Research Council, to investigate the care and use of experimental animals in Canada. The CCAC mandate is "to work for the improvement of animal care and use on a Canada-wide basis".

In The Guide to the Care and Use of Experimental Animals, the CCAC gives general guidelines on the proper housing conditions of laboratory animals and their environment, and also the proper facilities and environmental conditions for farm animals. Also covered are issues such as animal procurement, transportation, breeding, and different means of restraint and manipulation of the animals.

Of course, the CCAC has strong recommendations in the area of euthanasia, which means "good" or "easy death", from the Greek "eu" for good, and "thanatos" for death. Set out in the guide are criteria for a humane death, and reference to control of pain, as well as a fairly detailed description of various methods of euthanasia, with the pro’s and cons for each. Underlying the text of this chapter is a strong commitment to the reduction or elimination of pain and suffering experienced by the animal.

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