< class=''>Csaba Csintalan Szent-István University (SZIE) Veterinary Medicine Faculty (ÁOTK) Budapest Summary The authors summarise the Hungarian legislation relating to animal experiments: The rules of the amended animal welfare act and the conditions relating to carrying out experiments to breeding and transporting experimental animals, to Animal Welfare Advisory Committee and sanctions. They present the definition, aim…

< class=''>Károli Gáspár University, Budapest, Hungary Abstract: In Hungary, the first Act on Animal Protection, which aimed at handling and respecting animals as living creatures capable of feelings and suffering and thus deserving and entitled to protection, was adopted in 1998. Based on this, the Act contains several regulations which ensure that animals are protected against…