EU reports reveal catalogue of suffering: more than 20 million animals languished in laboratories
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By Margarita S
New figures published by the European Commission reveal that cruel and archaic experiments are rampant across the EU. In 2017, 9.39 million mice, rats, fish, dogs, and other animals were used for the first time in cruel experiments and other scientific procedures.
The creation and breeding of animals with debilitating genetic modifications accounted for an additional 1.28 million individuals. The UK was the most prolific user of animals in the EU, using an appalling 2.51 million animals in laboratories.
Here are the top three offenders for authorising experiments on animals in the EU in 2017:
1 UK: 2.51 million animals
2 Germany: 2.03 million animals
3 France: 1.87 million animals
These shocking figures don’t even include the 12.6 million animals who were used as breeding machines in the cruel supply chain or who languished in cages without being used for experiments. In 2017 in the UK alone, 1.81 million animals either were bred for laboratory use but didn’t fit the ...
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