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Animal Experiments: Dogs

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Question for Home Office

UIN 13058, tabled on 5 February 2020

Question

Alex Sobel
Labour
Leeds North West
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report entitled, Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2018, published in July 2019, what the five experiments were that were conducted on dogs for the purpose of protection of the natural environment.

Answer

Victoria Atkins
Conservative
Louth and Horncastle
Commons

Answered on

3 September 2020

With reference to the report entitled Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2018, published in July 2019, 5 procedures were undertaken on dogs for the purpose of protection of the natural environment. Specifically, these procedures were conducted to investigate the disinfection of contaminated animal facilities in the interests of the health or welfare of human beings or animals.

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