Shameful trade in primates
The issue of primates being shipped around the world, only to end their very short lives in laboratories has once again been highlighted in the media
Posted 18 Dec 2024
Posted on the 16th July 2020
A government report today reveals how more than 3.3 million animals were used for the first time in experiments in Great Britain last year. From monkeys to mice, horses to hamsters, the vast majority would have led lives of terrible suffering, ending in their premature deaths.
Although this figure is less than for 2018, it still equates to around 9,000 animals a day, at a time when scientific evidence is mounting against animal experiments.
The report outlines how:
The report is data-heavy, and does not explain how animals live and die in laboratories. Animal Aid highlighted experiments conducted at the University of Birmingham and described in a 2019 paper, where rats were shot in both eyes and killed two weeks later. Disturbingly, there is no mention in that paper of any painkillers being given to the animals after they were shot.(2)
Said Jessamy Korotoga, Campaign Manager at Animal Aid:
‘3.33 million animals is fairly difficult to imagine in your mind’s eye – it is such a colossal number. This shows the industrial scale of animal experiments. We know how animals may be genetically modified, surgically mutilated, have cancer cells injected into their hearts, be force-fed chemicals, made to inhale potentially fatal viruses, exposed to nerve agents or shot in the eyes. These are shocking examples of an outdated and archaic industry.
Order a free digital End Animal Experiments action pack‘These individual animals could have lived such different lives outside the confines of the laboratory – rats, for example, are intelligent, inquisitive and can enjoy being tickled and playing with human care-givers. Yet we know that rats were shot in both eyes and killed two weeks later at a British university. The treatment of these animals, indeed all of those in laboratories, is repugnant.’
The issue of primates being shipped around the world, only to end their very short lives in laboratories has once again been highlighted in the media
Posted 18 Dec 2024
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