Ethical Issues Concerning Wildlife Research in Japan and its Perspective.

Abstract

　The target species handled by the Japanese Society of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine are vertebrates in general. Each species has a different idea of bioethics, and it is difficult to develop a unified code of ethics for all species. Japanese Society of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine has been enforcing guidelines on animal welfare in wildlife medicine research in 2010. However, it contains some content that does not match recent international trends, so it is an urgent task to revise the field research of guidelines.