July 21, 2008

Home Office annual report on the statistics on the use of animals in scientific research

Speakers:
Dr Judy MacArthur Clark, Chief Inspector, Animals Scientific Procedures Inspectorate
Dr Jon Richmond, Head of Division, Home Office Animals Scientific Procedures Division
Professor Roger Morris, Head of the School of Biological Sciences, King’s College London
Professor Paul Matthews, Professor of Clinical Neurosciences, Imperial College London

The Home Office, in conjunction with the Science Media Centre, held this briefing to announce the annual statistics on the use of animals in research, including details of the numbers of animals used and the numbers of procedures carried out.