asked the Minister for Health the statistics that are available to him with regard to experiments on live animals during the last five years.
Written Answers. - Live Animal Experiments.
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Statistics of the numbers of experiments performed by holders of licences under the Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876, and of the numbers of live animals used in these experiments are collected annually in my Department. Figures for the five years 1972 to 1976 inclusive are available to me and are as follows:
|
Year |
Experiments |
Live Animals used |
|
1976 |
93,448 |
44,191 |
|
1975 |
82,371 |
38,872 |
|
1974 |
65,871 |
36,888 |
|
1973 |
68,525 |
31,368 |
|
1972 |
79,939 |
34,341 |