ICLAS wakhala membala kuyambira 1976.
Bungwe la International Council for Laboratory Animal Science linakhazikitsidwa mu 1956 poyambitsa bungwe la United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS) ndi International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS).
ICLAS ndi bungwe lomwe si laboma la mgwirizano wapadziko lonse mu labotale ya sayansi ya nyama. Zolinga zake ndi kulimbikitsa ndi kugwirizanitsa chitukuko cha sayansi ya zinyama zasayansi padziko lonse lapansi, kulimbikitsa mgwirizano wapadziko lonse ndi kuyang'anira ubwino ndi kutanthauzira zinyama za labotale, kusonkhanitsa ndi kufalitsa zidziwitso ndi kulimbikitsa kugwiritsa ntchito nyama mwaumunthu pofufuza pozindikira mfundo zamakhalidwe abwino. ndi maudindo asayansi.
