Posted on the 8th November 2022
The Animals in Science Regulation Unit (ASRU) released the Annual Reports for 2019-2021 on the 26th of October 2022.
The Home Office department that regulates animal experiments – the Animals in Science Regulation Unit – finally published its annual reports for 2019 to 2021 at the end of October. Historically, these reports were released shortly after the year they cover, so the 2019 report has finally emerged more than two years ‘late’.
This delay is extremely worrying as the reports detail the cases of ‘non-compliance’ with the law on animal experiments or the conditions of licences granted to animal researchers. In the past, cases have included animals drowning, dying of thirst, starving to death, botched killings and animals falling out of moving vehicles. These reports are