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| The number of animal experiments carried out in the UK showed a small rise last year, despite a pledge by the government to reduce them. | |
| Figures show 4.12 million procedures were carried out with animals, a rise of 0.3% on the previous year. | |
| Animal welfare campaigners said the government had "broken its promise" to cut the number of tests. | Animal welfare campaigners said the government had "broken its promise" to cut the number of tests. |
| The Home Office statistics show more than half of the procedures involve breeding genetically modified animals. | |
| Overall there was a 6% increase in breeding GM animals and a 5% decrease in other procedures. | Overall there was a 6% increase in breeding GM animals and a 5% decrease in other procedures. |
| There were 3.08 million procedures on mice (75% of the total), 507,373 using fish (12%) and 226,265 with rats (6%). | |
| In 2010, the coalition government pledged to promote higher standards of animal welfare. | |
| They stated: "We will end the testing of household products on animals and work to reduce the use of animals in scientific research." | |
| Michelle Thew, chief executive of campaign group the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection, said: "The government has now failed for a third year on its 2010 post-election pledge to work to reduce the number of animals used in research. | |
| "As a result, millions of animals continue to suffer and die in our laboratories." |