Animal Rights

December 22, 2020 - PETA UK

Still Almost a Half Million Experiments on Animals in Dutch Laboratories

A new report released by the Dutch government this week shows that the number of procedures performed on animals in laboratories in the Netherlands is stagnating. In 2019, 448,656 procedures were performed on animals, after which the vast majority of them were killed – a small increase of 257 compared to the previous year. The Dutch government announced its ambition to be a forerunner in animal-free innovation back in 2016.

Unfortunately, this goal and the great initiatives that have started to accelerate progress within the context of the Transition Programme for Innovation Without the Use of Animals have not yet resulted in sparing animals’ lives. It’s past time for the scientific community to get behind the transition and put words into action. PETA urges the Dutch government to accelerate funding initiatives, immediately end animal experiments already proven to have poor translational value, and work with all scientists in the country to embrace and further develop reliable, human-relevant, non-animal methods.

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