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NUMBERS of ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS in UK INCREASES

   UK Government figures for 2002 show an INCREASE over figures for 2001:

   NUMBER of "PROCEDURES" - UP 4% to 2,732,712.
   types of "procedures":
     interference with senses - UP 1% to 16,628
     injection into the brain - UP 5% to 26,415
     exposure to radiation - UP 27% to 9,199
     physical injury - UP 81% to 11,769
     inhalation - UP 8% to 47,485
     psychological - UP 5% to 39,642

     toxicity tests - UP 7% to 485,767 inc:
     testing of food additives - UP 56% to 5,414
     testing of household products - UP 75% to 1,032
     testing of industrial substances - UP 20% to 42,280
     testing of agricultural chemicals - UP 41% to 57,804

     carcinogenicity tests - UP 10% to 19,109

   numbers of "procedures" on
     mice - UP 4% to 1,720,253
     rats - UP 2% to 509,647
     sheep - UP 79% to 33,610
     pigs - UP 44% to 8,453
     fish - UP 6% to 181,953

   NUMBERS of ANIMALS USED - UP 3% to 2,655,876
     (some used in more than one "procedure" -

    cats - 616 used in 1,395 "procedures"
    dogs - 5,746 used in 7,964 "procedures" inc 4,999 toxicity tests
    monkeys - 3,173 used in 3,977 "procedures" inc 2,790 toxicity tests