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The BUAV has today criticised a 17% increase in the number of animals used in experiments in Scotland during 2010. The total number of animals used was 579,905, which is 85,321 more than in 2009.
The BUAV has welcomed the outcome of a review by the UK Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) into unnecessary animal testing of some veterinary drugs. This development comes as the Home Office announces a shocking 3% increase in the number of animal experiments in 2010 (3.7 million experiments were started on 3,642,517 animals).