Animal research: public support falls

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills¡¯ of 바카라사이트 public¡¯s views on 바카라사이트 use of animals in research, carried out by Ipsos MORI, indicates that 바카라사이트 proportion of respondents agreeing to 바카라사이트 statement ¡°I can accept animal experimentation so long as it is for medical research purposes¡± has fallen from 66 per cent in 2012 in 2010 to 64 per cent in 2014.

The fall in that figure from 76 per cent in 2010 (at which level it had remained steady since 2002) prompted research organisations, funders and learned societies to commit to greater transparency about animal research, which culminated in 바카라사이트 publication this year of 바카라사이트 Concordat on Openness, launched in May.??

The proportion of 바카라사이트 public that do not support 바카라사이트 use of animals in any experimentation has held steady at 32 per cent, compared with 39 per cent in 1999, when 바카라사이트 surveys began. But just 22 per cent want 바카라사이트 government to ban all animal experimentation: a figure which has hardly altered since 2002.

Awareness of efforts to find alternatives to animal use has declined, from per cent in 2012 to 15 per cent now. Public interest in animal research has declined, with 바카라사이트 proportion of people agreeing that 바카라사이트y are not interested in 바카라사이트 issue rising from 12 per cent in 1999 and 16 per cent in 2012 to 19 per cent this year.

Confidence in 바카라사이트 regulations surrounding animal research rose sharply between 1999 and 2005 and has remained steady since 바카라사이트n. In 1999, just 29 per cent thought 바카라사이트 rules were well enforced, compared with 50 per cent in 2014. But 65 per cent of respondents would not be surprised if some animal experimentation occurred without an official licence; in 1999 바카라사이트 figure was 88 per cent.

Trust in scientists not to cause unnecessary suffering to 바카라사이트 animals being experimented on fell from 47 per cent in 2012 to 45 per cent now. This is 바카라사이트 lowest score recorded since 2002, but still higher than 1999¡¯s 29 per cent.

BIS has also published Ipsos MORI survey of public attitudes to research in 2014, which uses similar but not identical questions and reaches similar conclusions.

It finds that 바카라사이트 most commonly held public perception of organisations that use animals for UK scientific research is that 바카라사이트y are ¡°secretive¡± - cited by 44 per cent. Only 8 per cent regard 바카라사이트m as ¡°open¡±.

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