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T h e e t h i c s o f r e s e a r c h i n v o l v i n g a n i m a l s<br />
Appendix 1: Statistics - Use <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>animals</str<strong>on</strong>g> in the UK<br />
Examples <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the numbers <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>animals</str<strong>on</strong>g> used for different purposes by humans<br />
Use<br />
Animal <str<strong>on</strong>g>research</str<strong>on</strong>g> (see Appendix 2)<br />
Food 2<br />
Poultry<br />
Cattle<br />
Sheep<br />
Pigs<br />
Fish<br />
Working <str<strong>on</strong>g>animals</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
Guide Dogs<br />
Police Dogs<br />
Clothing<br />
Wool<br />
Fur<br />
Leisure/ Educati<strong>on</strong><br />
Wildlife observati<strong>on</strong><br />
Compani<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>animals</str<strong>on</strong>g>/Pets<br />
Zoo<br />
Circus<br />
Hunting/shooting<br />
Numbers used<br />
UK (2003): 2.79 milli<strong>on</strong> 1<br />
UK (2003): Total 900 milli<strong>on</strong> – 1 billi<strong>on</strong><br />
Including:<br />
UK (2003): 871 milli<strong>on</strong> broiler chickens (for meat)<br />
27 milli<strong>on</strong> hens for egg producti<strong>on</strong><br />
UK (2003): 10.4 milli<strong>on</strong><br />
UK (2003): 33.6 milli<strong>on</strong><br />
UK (2003): 4.6 milli<strong>on</strong><br />
UK (2003): 631,400 t<strong>on</strong>nes 3<br />
UK (2004): 5,000 4<br />
England and Wales (2003): 2,500 5<br />
UK (2002/03): 24.9 milli<strong>on</strong> sheep 6<br />
Fur farming is now prohibited in the UK 7<br />
not available<br />
UK (1995): More than half <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> all households have a pet – 7.2 milli<strong>on</strong> cats, 8<br />
6.5 milli<strong>on</strong> dogs, 1.2 milli<strong>on</strong> rabbits, 135 milli<strong>on</strong> ornamental fish 9<br />
UK (2003): 160 registered zoos 10<br />
UK (1997): 21 circuses with animal acts, 545 wild and exotic <str<strong>on</strong>g>animals</str<strong>on</strong>g> 11<br />
UK (1999): 178 fox hunts, 3 deer hunts, 83 hare hunts and 20 mink hunts<br />
per year 12 , approximately 4,000 hounds a year put down 13<br />
APPENDIX 1: STATISTICS - USE OF ANIMALS IN THE UK<br />
Sport<br />
Horse racing<br />
Greyhound racing<br />
UK (2005): 14,000 horses in training 14<br />
UK (2005): 10,000 new greyhounds registered with the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Greyhound<br />
Racing Club each year 15<br />
Pest c<strong>on</strong>trol<br />
[UK (2002): 1,300 pest-c<strong>on</strong>trol companies – mice, rats, wasps, bees 16 ]<br />
1 Home Office (2004) Statistics <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Scientific Procedures <strong>on</strong> Living Animals Great Britain 2003 (Norwich: HMSO).<br />
2 DEFRA (2003) Statistics in Animal Health & Welfare Strategy for GB: <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> Evidence Base, available at:<br />
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/envir<strong>on</strong>ment/ahwseb.pdf. Accessed <strong>on</strong>: 3 May 2005; see also RSPCA (2005) Farm Animals,<br />
available at: http://www.rspca.org.uk/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RSPCA/Publicati<strong>on</strong>s/FarmAnimalsPublicati<strong>on</strong>s&articleid=0.<br />
Accessed <strong>on</strong>: 3 May 2005.<br />
3 DEFRA (2004) United Kingdom Sea Fisheries Statistics 2003, available at:<br />
http://statistics.defra.gov.uk/esg/publicati<strong>on</strong>s/fishstat/uksfs03.pdf. Accessed <strong>on</strong>: 3 May 2005.<br />
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