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12,093,096 animals used for research in the EU (and Norway) in 2018 Mice, fish, rats and birds account for 93% of animals used Cats, dogs, and primates account for 0.26% The… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/eu-wide-animals-in-research-statistics-for-2018-released/

Ten organisations account for nearly half of all animal research in Great Britain in 2020 All ten organisations have committed to open communications around animal… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/ten-organisations-account-for-nearly-half-of-all-animal-research-in-great-britain-in-2020/

Latest figures show fewer animals used in research in 2020 Number of procedures on animals in 2020 has decreased by 15% to 2.88 million. Large decrease in numbers… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/animal-research-numbers-2020/

Procedures carried out on animals in Northern Ireland, 2019 28,171 procedures carried out in Northern Ireland in 2018 Total procedures down 2.15% from 2018… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/communications-media/procedures-carried-out-on-animals-in-northern-ireland-2019/

Top Ten Organisations for Animal Research Announced Ten organisations account for nearly half of all animal research in Great Britain All ten organisations have… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/communications-media/top-ten-organisations-for-animal-research-in-2019-announced/

Latest figures show fewer animals used in research in 2019 Number of procedures on animals has decreased by 3% to 3.4 million Lowest number of procedures carried out in a… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/communications-media/animal-research-numbers-in-2019/

EU-wide animals in research statistics for 2017 released 10,664,749 animals used for research in the EU in 2017 Mice, fish, rats and birds account for 92% of animals used… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/communications-media/eu-wide-animals-in-research-statistics-for-2017-released/

Procedures carried out on animals in Northern Ireland, 2018 · 28,790 procedures carried out in Northern Ireland in 2018 · Total procedures up 16.3% from 2017… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/communications-media/ni-animal-research-stats-2018/

Latest figures show fewer animals used in research in 2018 Number of procedures on animals has decreased by 7% to 3.52 million Lowest number of procedures carried out… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/communications-media/animal-research-numbers-in-2018/

Top Ten Organisations for Animal Research in 2018 Announced Ten organisations account for nearly half of all animal research in Great Britain Top universities are… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/communications-media/top-ten-organisations-for-animal-research-2018/

UAR has released a list of the ten universities in the UK that conduct the highest number of animal procedures
Top Ten Universities for Animal Research Announced Ten universities account for one third of all animal research in the UK Largest animal users are all among the top… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/communications-media/top-ten-universities-for-animal-research-announced/

Additional animal numbers for breeding and genotyping in 2017 released
On Thursday 8th November the Home Office published “Additional statistics on breeding and genotyping of animals for scientific procedures, Great Britain 2017”. In 2017, there… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/communications-media/additional-animal-numbers-in-2017/

2017 animal research numbers for Northern Ireland have been published
Northern Ireland Animal Research Numbers, 2017 · 24,756 procedures conducted in Northern Ireland in 2017 · Procedures up 11.44% from 2016 · … https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/increase-in-animal-research-in-northern-ireland/

Home Office animal research statistics for 2017, published today.
Latest figures show fewer animals used in research · Number of procedures on animals decreased by 4% to 3.8 million · Mice, fish, rats and birds account for over… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/communications-media/animal-research-numbers-in-2017/

22,214 procedures conducted in Northern Ireland. Experiments down 1.3% from 2015.
Slight fall in animal research in Northern Ireland 22,214 procedures conducted in Northern Ireland Experiments down 1.3% from 2015 A report from the Department of… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/communications-media/slight-fall-in-animal-research-in-northern-ireland/

Ten leading universities conduct over one third of all UK animal research Ten universities account for one third of all animal research in the UK Largest animal users are… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/communications-media/ten-leading-universities-conduct-over-one-third-of-all-uk-animal-research/

Review of animal numbers produced by the Home Office
Home Office publishes 2015 animal research figures The Home Office has published the 2015 animal research statistics showing the number and types of procedures conducted… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/communications-media/uk-animal-statistics-2015/

Animal use statistics are an easy target for anti-groups media work
Understanding Animal Research has always promoted the importance of universities and other institutions being clear and open about their research. To pre-empt the regular FOI… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/communications-media/telling-stories-with-numbers/

Those who oppose animal use can 'misread' the statistics
Every year the Home Office publishes annual statistics on how many animals are used in scientific research in the UK, together with detailed information on the types of animals… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/staff-blog/without-anaesthetic-reading-animal-statistics/

Home Office statistics released 22 October 2015
The Home Office released the National Statistics publication Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals, Great Britain 2014 today (22 October 2015). The… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/communications-media/annual-statistics-of-scientific-procedures-on-living-animals-2014/