The New Jersey Association for Biomedical Research (NJABR) is proud to support the Washington Adoption Center for Retired Research Animals (WACRRA). NJABR shares WACRRA’s commitment to ensuring the highest animal welfare for retired laboratory research animals. We look forward to continuing to work with Holly and WACRRA to best ensure that our collective research community’s animals find loving, forever homes when they are no longer needed to develop the medical innovation that we demand for ourselves and our loved ones.  We owe this to our animal heroes and we are grateful for WACRRA’s commitment.

The University of Washington is committed to ethical standards in animal research, extending beyond the laboratory. Through our partnership with the Washington Adoption Center for Retired Research Animals (WACRRA), we are proud to support efforts that ensure the humane treatment of research animals, including their rehoming after research. WACRRA has successfully placed retired research animals, such as rats and mice, into loving homes, reflecting our dedication to ethical care. These efforts highlight the importance of not only advancing research but also promoting a culture of compassion and responsibility. WACRRA continues to be a leader in setting new benchmarks for animal welfare and ethical research practices in collaboration with UW.

The Northwest Association for Biomedical Research is proud to support WACRRA’s goals of rehoming retired research animals and advocating for a fourth “R”. Rehoming eligible retired research animals shows the biomedical research community’s commitment to ethical animal model research, and we fully back all compassionate measures taken to care for the animal heroes of research. 

The Washington Branch of AALAS is proud to support the Washington Adoption Center for Retired Research Animals. Holly’s commitment and compassion towards both animals and people in the laboratory animal science community are truly exemplary.

The IACUC at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle has agreed to participate with adopting animals through this program.

Cynthia A. Pekow, DVM, DACLAM, CPIA
Chief Veterinary Medical Officer, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System