Mission

It is the mission of AALAE to promote, educate, and foster an open communication, while providing a resource to the lab animal community regarding behavior management and enrichment practices.  We intend to advance lab animal welfare by providing resources to all lab animal facilities on cost effective options to better the psychological health of laboratory animals.

AALAE Goals

To Promote Animal Welfare

To advance animal welfare through refining husbandry, veterinary and research procedures via innovative behavior management practices.

To Provide Resources

To provide resources regarding the latest innovative behavior management and enrichment techniques.

To Provide a Platform

To provide a platform for those professionals to create, research, and present new behavior management techniques.