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The following table is comprised of the latest available statistics of animal use in research and teaching in Australia.  These statistics should be used for general purposes only. 

 Note that due to inconsistencies between the different states monitoring systems, the table does not reflect the degree of suffering involved nor does it indicate the type of study, eg. observational, medical research, agricultural etc.  Some states do provide greater detail than others.  For more detailed information please refer to the reporting body (usually the State Dept. for Animal Welfare) in each state.

 As at the time of posting (August 2004), South Australian, Northern Territory and ACT statistics had not been obtained.

 Figures will be updated as they become available.

Sources:

Vic.     
Summary of Statistics of Animal Experimentation, Victoria. Report Number 20. 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2002.
Victorian statistics reported a large number of animals (119,793) that did not specify species and are therefore listed under ‘other’.

NSW   
Animal Research Review Panel NSW Annual Report 2002/03.
NSW figures are more general than for other states as they do not specify between different species. They are therefore listed under the following categories:
Aquatic vertebrates – fish, amphibians and other aquatic vertebrates;
Birds – all birds except poultry;
Domestic animals – dogs and cats;
Laboratory mammals – mice, rats, guinea pigs, rabbits;
Native mammals – macropods, possums/gliders, native rodents; dasyurids, wombats, koalas;
Primates – all non-human primates;
Reptiles – all reptiles;
Stock animals – sheep, horses, goats, pigs, cattle, poultry; and
Other – any not categorized above.

WA      
Annual Statistical Vivisection and Experiments Return for the calendar Year 2002, Dept. of Health, WA.

Qld      
2002 Scientific Animal Use Report.1 January 2002 to 31 December 2002. Note that at the time of reporting it was not a mandatory requirement and no monitoring system had yet been implemented. This report is therefore an incomplete estimate and does not represent the total number of animals used in scientific purposes in Queensland in 2002.

Tas.     
Animal Research statistics Tasmania Annual Report, Report Number 6: 1 April 2001 to 31 March 2002.

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