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LONDON––A two-year review of British animal experiments by
the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, released on May 25, 2005, concluded
that proprietary concerns and anxiety about physical security inhibit
the exchange of findings which could reduce animal use.
British labs used 2.8 million animals in 2004, up from recent years, but
half the numbers used in the 1970s, according to Home Office figures.
The Nuffield Council criticized the Home Office for insufficiently determining
how many animals are killed, how many die in care, and how much suffering
they endure.
The Nuffield report was compiled by a panel of 18 animal advocates, ethicists,
and scientists from both academia and private industry. It followed a
2002 House of Lords select committee report and a 2003 report by the Animal
Procedures Committee, an advisory body created by the Scientific Procedures
Act of 1986.
