530,568 animal tests were conducted in 2017 in the Netherlands. A rise of more than 80,000 from the previous year.
EMMA BROWN: ‘Shocking figures from the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) show that there has been a sharp rise in the number of cats and dogs used for animal testing. RTL Nieuws reports that 89 cats and 656 dogs were used for animal testing in 2016, compared with 200 cats and 909 dogs in 2017 – a huge rise. 530,568 animal tests were conducted in 2017 in the Netherlands alone. A rise of more than 80,000 from the year previously.
Mice and rats are still mainly used for testing. 205,993 mice were used in 2017 and 91,537 rats. A large increase was found in mice and zebrafish, who are mainly used for cancer research… NVWA figures show that 90% of the animals involved in the animal testing died or were killed during or after the trial’. SOURCE…
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