It is considered the most dangerous island in Germany: Riems has been researching animal diseases that can also threaten humans for more than 100 years. The Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI) high-security laboratory is located on the island, which lies in a foothill of the Baltic Sea, the Greifswalder Bodden, between Rügen and the mainland.…
Terrifying: 111 million mice and rats annually for animal testing in the USA!
Rodents, fish, and birds are not considered animals there
Mice and rats, the most common animals used in the laboratory, are not covered by the United States Animal Welfare Act and therefore do not appear in the official statistics of animals used for scientific purposes.
A new analysis estimates that around
111 million mice and rats are subjected to animal testing annually in the United States.
The nationwide association
Doctors Against Animal Experiments calls for better transparency of the animal experiment figures in the USA and in this country.