NAVS Calls On The Government To Stop The Secret Suffering Of Animals In UK Laboratories As Latest Figures On Animal Experiments Released
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The National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) is calling on the Government to fulfil its commitment to reduce the number of animals used for research following the publication of the 2012 ‘Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals’ by the Home Office today.
The organisation is seeking the removal of the secrecy clause, Section 24 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012, which currently prevents wider public scientific scrutiny of animal tests.
NAVS Chief Executive Jan Creamer: “The public has the right to know what is happening to the millions of animals that face painful procedures each year. Details of proposed experiments should be made available before they are conducted so that alternatives can be suggested by third parties.”
UK legislation governing the use of animals in research has been updated to bring it into line with the European Directive on the use of animals in scientific procedures, which requires transparency and public accountability. The Government is consulting now.
The Government has a commitment to reduce and replace the number of animals that are used in experiments. Despite this, a total of 4.11 million procedures on animals were carried out in 2012, an increase of 317,171 (8.36 %) on 2011. The last time there were over 4 million experiments or procedures was 1982.
A summary of ‘Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals’ is as follows:1576 views
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18th July, 2013 22h03
- Just over 4.11 million scientific procedures were started in Great Britain in 2012, increasing 8.36%. Breeding of genetically modified (GM) animals and harmful mutants (HM), mainly mice, increased, accounting for 2.43 million procedures.
- There were increases in numbers of procedures for several species, for example primates increased by 49.8%, from 1,459 in 2011 to 2,186 in 2012. The number of dogs used also increased from 2,865 to 3,214 animals – a rise of over 12%.
- There was an increase in the number of animals used to 4,033,310 (+8.69%).
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