Research mice - Lab mice at UCL (Credit: David Bishop, UCL)
Research mice - Lab mice at UCL (Credit: David Bishop, UCL) UCL is releasing its animal research statistics today in collaboration with Understanding Animal Research - a non-profit that promotes open communications about animal research. UCL and nine other institutions together conducted half of all animal procedures - those used in medical, veterinary, and scientific research - in the UK in 2022. The statistics are freely available on UCL's animal research website as part of our joint commitments to transparency and openness around the use of animals in research. This list coincides with the publication of the Home Office's report on the statistics of scientific procedures on living animals in Great Britain in 2022. These ten organisations carried out 1,434,403 procedures, 52% of the 2,761,204 procedures carried out on animals for scientific research in Great Britain in 2022. Of these 1,434,403 procedures, more than 99% were carried out on mice, fish and rats and 82% were classified as causing a similar level of pain, or less, as an injection. The ten organisations are listed below alongside the total number of procedures they carried out in 2022.
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