Anti Vivisection WA (Inc)

ABN 17 235 544 910

Working to end experiments on animals!

Despite a growing change in community attitudes towards the use of animals in medical and scientific research, the West Australian research community is still utilising large numbers of animals in both research and teaching every year.

Instead of developing new, innovative non-animal techniques it is clinging stubbornly to research methods first adopted in the 19th century, to the detriment of both humans and animals.


WA VIVISECTION STATISTICS

Year:	Teaching:	Research:	Total:
1996	933	13,569	14,502
1997	1,245	16,884	18,129
1998	580	16,640	17,220
1999	1,231	11,535	12,766
2000	1,144	10,586	11,730
2001	1,348	49,529*	50,877
2002	12,568	256,006**	268,574
2003	N/A	N/A	N/A
2004	N/A	N/A	N/A
2005	N/A	N/A	N/A
2006	N/A	N/A	N/A

Please note: "Teaching" refers to animals used in schools and universities in Western Australia and can include animals used for dissection. "Research" refers to animals used in universities, medical/product/research laboratories (both private and public). This absolutely does not imply that Anti Vivisection WA (Inc) either condones or agrees with the use of animals in experimentation! The words "teaching" and "research" are used here because they are referred to by the Dept of Health on their Statistical Returns.

* This figure included 27,616 fish, 34 Native Animals, 54 Cattle, 47 Turtles and 13,312 mice. ** This figure included 153,483 fish, 450 Native Animals, 1,940 Cattle, 603 Turtles and 58,018 mice.

Source: Department of Health, Annual Statistical Vivisection & Experiments Return for the Calendar Years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002.

VIVISECTION IS ON THE INCREASE - PLEASE HELP US STOP THIS TERRIBLE & TRAGIC TREND!

VIVISECTION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA

It's not surprising to find that the usual shroud of secrecy surrounds animal use in Western Australia, with members of Animal Ethics Committees forced to sign confidentiality agreements. This means that researchers are not accountable to the public for their use of animals and that the public has no means of evaluating the validity or otherwise of the research it is funding. Such secrecy allows animal-based research to continue unhindered.

However both graduate and undergraduate research and teaching using animals takes place at:

University of Western Australia
QE11 Medical Centre
Murdoch University
Curtin Universities
Royal Perth Hospital
Princess Margaret Hospital
CSIRO
Department of Agriculture

Sadly, dissection of animals is still conducted at:

John Septimus Roe

UK VIVISECTION STATISTICS

Distressingly, United Kingdom government statistics published on Thursday 8 December 2005 reveal the twelfth consecutive rise in the annual toll of animals sacrificed in British laboratories. According to the figures, in 2004 2,778,692 animals were subjected to experiments that are officially regarded as potentially 'causing pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm' [1]. This is an increase of 57,093 animals, or 2.1%, compared to 2003.

Source: Uncaged Campaigns

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