Law According To A King

"My name is Aleksandra Goluch. I am a 2nd year law student who is interested in animal rights, travelling and ice skating." Animal testing is an outdated and cruel method of conducting tests on new products. Each year over 100 million animals are used worldwide to test new products, study human disease and develop new drugs. Every 8 seconds 1 animal dies. Data from the ‘Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2018’ published by the U.K. Government, shows that 3.52 million procedures on animals were conducted in the United Kingdom. Moreover, of the 1.8 million experiments completed, 94,000 were classified as “severe,” including “long-term disease processes where assistance with normal activities such as feeding, and drinking are required or where significant deficits in behaviours / activities persist.” More recent statistics, released by the Home Office in 2020, indicate a decrease of 15%, comparing to 2019, in conducting animal procedures i...