The animal experimentation quandary: stuck between legislation and scientific freedom
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M any European citizens see animal welfare a matter of great importance [1]. Initiatives such as Stop Vivisection, which petitions politicians to abandon all support for animal experimentation in biomedical and toxicological research (http://ec.europa.eu/citizens-initiative/public/initiatives/successful/details/2012/ 000007/en?lg=en), might suggest that a majority of Europeans want to see the use of all animals in testing and research banned. However, a recent Eurobarometer survey on Science and Technology implies a different attitude: Although public opinion is divided when it comes to the use of dogs and monkeys in animal testing, a vast majority accept the use of mice in research if it produces new information on human health problems [2].
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