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Στατιστικές από τα πειράματα των ζώων στη Γερμανία το 2008

Dr. Corina Gericke

2.692.890 ζώα θυσιάστηκαν στο βωμό των πειραμάτων το 2008 στη Γερμανία

http://www.aerzte-gegen-tierversuche.de/en/component/content/article/55-resources/232-laboratory-animal-statistics-in-germany-2008


Σύμφωνα με το Ομοσπονδιακό Υπουργείο Τροφίμων, Γεωργίας και Προστασίας του καταναλωτή, που εκδίδει κάθε χρόνο έκθεση για τη χρήση των ζώων στην επιστημονική έρευνα, 2,69 εκατομμύρια ζώα θυσιάστηκαν στο όνομα της επιστήμης το 2008 στη Γερμανία. Από αυτά , 98.607 ήταν λαγουδάκια, 4.450 ήταν σκυλιά και 803 ήταν γάτες, 598 άλογα και γαιδούρια και η λίστα συνεχίζεται...


The Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection annually publishes a report on the use of animals in scientific research. According to this a staggering 2.69 million animals have been sacrificed in the name of science in 2008 including mice, rats, rabbits, fish, hamsters, cats, dogs, monkeys, pigs, cattle, and many other animal species. Since recording began in 1989 the number of animals used in experiments decreased from 2.6 million in 1989 to 1.5 million in 1997, the lowest figure ever. Since then the number of animals used has risen dramatically.

It has to be noted that the official report does not include all laboratory animals. Animals killed as »surplus« when establishing genetically modified lines and animals killed as »surplus« in breeding facilities are not included in the statistics. Also invertebrates are not counted.
Statistics on the number of animals used in animal experiments in Germany in 2008:

Mice: 1,765,416
Rats: 484,990
Guinea pigs: 38,826
Hamsters: 8,432
Other rodents: 8,841
Rabbits: 98,607
Cats: 803
Dogs: 4,450
Ferrets: 55
Other carnivores: 410
Horses, donkeys: 598
Pigs: 13.,102
Goats: 583
Sheep: 4,810
Cattle: 6,288
Prosimians: 543
New world monkeys: 327
Old world monkeys: 1,415
Apes: 0
Other mammals: 626
Quails: 1,871
Birds incl. poultry: 127,447
Reptiles: 197
Amphibians: 12,310
Fish: 111,943
Total: 2,692,890
Reference: Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection


Download animal experiments statistics as pdf:

Number of animals used in laboratories in Germany between 1996 and 2008 (πίνακας σε pdf)

EU animal experiments statistics 2005