6 August 2008
Fiscal 2006 USDA charts list animals
used in research by state and category of procedure:
NO PAIN, NO DRUGS: 577,885
WITH PAIN/NO DRUGS: 73,640
WITH PAIN/WITH DRUGS: 382,298
Numbers do NOT reflect total animals used.
For example, USDA lists 1,542 facilities where “attempted inspections could not be performed because personnel were not available.”
* SOURCE:
aphis.usda.gov/animal_welfare/downloads/awreports/awreport2006.pdf
* LEARN MORE:
Stop Animal Exploitation Now (SAEN) - Animal Experimentation
Printable PDF – http://www.kinshipcircle.org/fact_sheets/YouPaidForIt.pdf
