Four million lab tests on animals in UK in 2015

The Home Office in the UK announced that 4.1 million lab tests on animals were carried out in the UK in 2015. The procedures and the pain inflicted on the animals are classified into “sub-threshold” (13%), “non-recovery” (6%), “mild” (51%), “moderate” (24%) and “severe” (6%). Of the 4.1 million tests, approx. 2 million are accounted for by the birth of […]