The Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) program is based on guidelines and policies that give clear direction to institutional animal care and use programs. All guidelines are now available on the CCAC Web site (www.ccac.ca), including the most recent guidelines on the care and use of wildlife (2003).
The CCAC Guide to the Care and Use of Experimental Animals, Vol. 1, 2nd Edition, 1993 lays down the principles for good animal care and use. In addition, the CCAC Guide to the Care and Use of Experimental Animals, Vol. 2, 1984 provides information on the husbandry of experimental animals on a species by species basis. Since 1997, Guidelines are developed and revised in response to the current and emerging needs of the research community and advances in laboratory animal care, and in conjunction with the needs of the CCAC Assessment Program.