Public Opposition to Animal Testing is Growing | Care2 Causes

Public Opposition to Animal Testing is Growing

A government funded research study conducted by Ipsos MORI has found that public opposition to animal testing is growing, while faith in scientists and regulations that govern animal testing is falling. According to the study, more than one in three people, 37 percent, now object to the practice. The number of people who oppose animal testing has been increasing since the last study conducted in 2006, which found that 29 percent of people were objectors. The Guardian reports that: Objectors either do not support the use of animals in experimentation because of concern for animal welfare (32%) or believe the government should ban experiments on animals for any form of research (21%), or both. They are more heavily female (41%) than male (33%) and more likely to be those aged 15 to 24 (55%) and also those in the lowest socio-economic class ranked as DE (51% compared to 23% o...

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