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The Shame of New Zealand

"The Committee has no wish to discontinue the use of animals in schools..."

Even at first glance, the National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee's Report to its boss MAF, dated July 1994, listing the reported number of animals used from 1987 to 1992, is ambiguous. On the Schedule of Species 12 primates are listed used in 1992. On the corresponding list of agencies these primates are not shown. As the numbers correlate on both schedules to a total of 1,377,458 animals, we conclude that they are hidden in the "etc" at the tail-end of "all other species". Your editor mentions this as New Zealand has always stated emphatically that primates are not used in experiments in this country. On page 7 of the Report is written:

"NAEAC has been concerned about the use of animals in schools. The Committee has no wish to discourage the use of animals in schools..."
(Not surprising as without "the use of animals" they would be out of their jobs... editor.)

Group	Year	Hamsters, rats, mice, guinea-pigs, rabbits	Sheep, cattle, goats	Other domestic animals	Birds	Fish and fish eggs	All other species	Total
Universities	1987-88 1989 1990 1991 1992	66211 45253 40647 38546 29096	7415 6668 5832 7356 9748	1197 1633 1071 1054 1786	7324 4365 4818 4163 6592	14625 4014 5741 4731 5454	4116 4433 3214 4010 2275	100888 66366 61323 59860 54951
Schools	1987-88 1989 1990 1991 1992	- 20 - 3 24	- - - - -	- - - - -	- - - - -	- 3 3 4 -	- - - - -	- 23 3 7 24
Polytechnics	1987-88 1989 1990 1991 1992	1923 967 193 132 143	- 150 20 31433 34129	2 - 2 512 962	1 - 20 - 28	345 180 - - 3	130 20 12 15 -	2401 1317 247 32092 35265
Commercial	1987-88 1989 1990 1991 1992	74569 48155 57558 15673 36038	22968 42569 65695 71575 68146	562 846 5477? 6503 1188	- - - 3 3	- - - - -	- - - - 4	98099 91570 128730 93754 105379
MAF	1987-88 1989 1990 1991 1992	7534 2810 8212 12736 9882	45905 19570 47625 63043 60043	1774 1386 3325 2527 1200	22 - 21 153 80	474 300 485 577 28	170 923 76 437 1877	55879 24989 59744 79473 73110
DSIR	1987-88 1989 1990 1991 1992	582 352 1386 2066	2560 1322 434 1490	15 7 20 - 54	1064 293 83 345 340	- - - - -	2716 852 1012 1822 838	6397 2826 2935 4481 3246
Department of Conservation	1987-88 1989 1990 1991 1992	- - 91 57 38	- - - - -	- - - - 7	268 1726 4533 2207 2285	- 99476 - - -	54 403 1905 3346 4143	322 101605 6529 5610 6473
Other	1987-88 1989 1990 1991 1992	2013 2939 951 1708 1527	225 305 71 61 95	55 71 174 72 22	182 3 13 3 3	- - - - -	558 94 58 329 8	3033 3412 1267 2173 1655
Total	1987-88 1989 1990 1991 1992	152832 100496 109038 70921 78238	79073 70584 119677 173716 172685	3605 3943 10069 10668 5219	8861 6387 9488 6874 9331	15444 103973 6229 5312 5485	7204 6725 6277 9959 9145	267019 292108 260778 277450 280103
Group	Year	Hamsters, rats, mice, guinea-pigs, rabbits	Sheep, cattle, goats	Other domestic animals	Birds	Fish and fish eggs	All other species	Total

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