Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals, Great Britain, 2019
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- In 2019, there were 3.40 million procedures completed on living animals in Great Britain. This is a decrease of 3% from last year, and the lowest number of procedures since 2007.
- Procedures for creation and breeding have decreased by 3% and experimental procedures have decreased by 4%.
As shown in Figure 1, the number of procedures carried out decreased from 1987 until 2001, to a low of 2.62 million. This was mainly due to a reduction in the use of rodents, rabbits and birds (although there was an increase in procedures involving fish).
After 2001, procedures increased, reaching a peak of 4.14 million in 2015, but has decreased since to 3.40 million in 2019. This is the lowest number of procedures carried out in a single year since 2007.
The number of procedures carried out on living animals is determined by several factors, including the focus of scientific and medical endeavours, the economic climate and global trends in new technologies or fields...
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