03-12-2017, 09:12 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-12-2017, 09:15 PM by LPC.
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I understand what you have written, Catherine. But I still find it strange that Canada has no inspectors appointed by the government. In the UK, vivisection has been subject to inspection since 1876. That is nearly 150 years ago! The law has been supported by governments of all political leanings over that period. It is not a party political issue. There is an interesting article here:
https://www.publications.parliament.uk/p.../15004.htm
From that article: "The most recent Home Office report was published in 2001 and relates to the year 2000. It shows that there has been a significant downward trend in the number of animals used in the UK over the last 25 years, so that the number now is only just over half of what it was then." The licensing and inspection procedures - which take up considerable time for labs - has no doubt acted as a spur to develop alternatives without using animals. Tissue culture experiments are now much more popular amongst researchers, as this eliminates the need for animal welfare inspections. Even cancer research is often carried out without animals - e.g. Cancer Research Wales will no longer give money to researchers using animals (although, sadly, Cancer Research UK persists supporting use of animals).
https://www.publications.parliament.uk/p.../15004.htm
From that article: "The most recent Home Office report was published in 2001 and relates to the year 2000. It shows that there has been a significant downward trend in the number of animals used in the UK over the last 25 years, so that the number now is only just over half of what it was then." The licensing and inspection procedures - which take up considerable time for labs - has no doubt acted as a spur to develop alternatives without using animals. Tissue culture experiments are now much more popular amongst researchers, as this eliminates the need for animal welfare inspections. Even cancer research is often carried out without animals - e.g. Cancer Research Wales will no longer give money to researchers using animals (although, sadly, Cancer Research UK persists supporting use of animals).
