Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 experiments licensed under the 1986 Act. The 1986 Act defined "regulated procedures" as animal experiments that could potentially cause "pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm", to "protected animals", which encompassed all living vertebrates other than humans, under the responsibility of humans. A 1993 amendment added a single invertebrate species, the common octopus ("Octopus vulgaris"), as a protected animal. The Act applied only to protected animals from halfway through their gestation or incubation periods (for mammals, birds and reptiles) or from when they became capable of independent feeding (for fish, amphibians and, the common octopuses). Primates, cats, dogs and horses had
The Davinci Foundation for Animals The Davinci Foundation for Animals The Davinci Foundation for Animals (DFA) is a 501c3 non profit, that was inspired by a little dog named DaVinci. The foundation assists animals in need, both locally and globally. Their mission is to ""Create" a better World for Animals, one city at a time" "So that one day we may live in a world with no more homeless pets." The Foundation is funded through donations and through the support of "the arts", which includes but is not limited to artists, authors, musicians and entertainers. The foundation is also the creator of "DaVinci Artist/s", a