CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada lawmakers are reviewing a bill that would require laboratories to put animals up for adoption after they're done using them for research.
Democratic Sen. Mark Manendo and others are sponsoring SB261, which is up for a hearing Tuesday in the Senate Natural Resources Committee.
The bill would require labs to offer animals up for adoption before euthanizing them as long as they are healthy enough to go to a new home. The measure would also require labs to use each animal for no more than two years.
Labs have pointed out that the bill would require more animals because each animal is used for a more limited period of time, but Manendo said that's preferable to having animals spend their entire lives as research subjects.