New Zealand Anti-Vivisection Society Inc.
PO Box 9387, Addington, Christchurch 8243, New Zealand

NZAVS - against experiments on animals, as results from one species can not be predictively applied to any other species.

Number of animals used in NZ

We have often received request from students and others asking about the numbers of animals used in vivisection in New Zealand.

Results from vivisection from around the world are used in New Zealand regulations controlling hazardous substances, pharmaceuticals and many other areas. The serious anti-vivisection focus is on eliminating the demand for vivisection in these areas.

Vivisection is also performed in New Zealand. However, if merely the performance of animal experiments was banned in New Zealand, then the experiments would simply take place elsewhere in the world - with their dangerous and misleading results still being used in New Zealand regulations; with resulting negative impacts on human health. While the number of animals used in New Zealand experiments (approximately 300,000 per year) seems high in absolute terms, it is an insignificant figure compared to the millions of animals being used in vivisection elsewhere in the world. In New Zealand, abolition requires both the elimination of vivisection performed in New Zealand and, more importantly, for the New Zealand regulations to specifically exclude the results from animal experiments being used to determine the safety or efficacy for humans of substances or procedures.

Unlike 'ethics' committees or animal rights groups masquerading as anti-vivisectionists, we do not place any emphasis or credit on categorising levels of animal 'suffering'.

Shown below: 'Reported Number' of Animals Used in New Zealand (National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee)

Group	Year	Hamsters, rats, mice, guinea pigs & rabbits	Sheep, cattle, goats	Other domestic animal species	Birds	Fish	All other	Total
Universities	1994	29280	7149	1569	4846	8171	2425	53440
	1995	9941	6855	1822	5703	3456	-	29293
	1996	15415	28376	1448	9816	8948	1489	65492
	1997	21870	12215	1526	2004	5432	2776	45823
	1998	26437	11928	2123	6798	4721	8129	60136
	1999	28852	7938	2048	6250	19190	3668	67946
	2000	39838	13327	1726	13110	20441	3366	91808
	2001	28136	8621	2704	10411	6771	4938	61581
	2002	25887	10156	1103	10601	27812	2247	77806
	2003	46266	24944	4596	3188	61600	6554	147148
	2004	37815	11014	3090	2034	6735	13038	73726
	2005	34229	20775	3377	34771	8052	5018	106222
	2006	29484	26533	7624	4938	7545	9501	85625
	2007	38332	10939	1862	4820	12166	1456	69575
Schools	1994	52	-	4	-	-	-	56
	1995	156	-	4	10	-	2	172
	1996	118	-	-	-	-	-	118
	1997	96	-	-	-	-	-	96
	1998	50	-	-	-	-	-	50
	1999	60	-	-	-	-	-	60
	2000	56	-	-	-	-	-	56
	2001	16	-	-	-	-	-	16
	2002	16	-	-	-	-	-	16
	2003	20	-	7	-	-	-	27
	2004	20	-	2	-	-	-	22
	2005	73	38	2	50	-	-	163
	2006	136	240	45	15	-	609	1045
	2007	33	59	22	-	27	625	766
Polytechnics	1994	264	633	18	74	4	26	1019
	1995	223	682	33	102	31	18	1089
	1996	160	577	211	32	4	-	984
	1997	178	27	129	33	4	9	380
	1998	101	23	102	23	2	-	251
	1999	78	25	233	45	7	2	390
	2000	55	20	188	32	4	6	305
	2001	99	108	242	27	18	6	500
	2002	128	330	263	156	156	20	1053
	2003	231	343	495	209	150	8	1436
	2004	139	325	324	24	126	5	943
	2005	107	232	396	44	1293	9	2081
	2006	184	501	728	117	240	12	1782
	2007	261	1745	882	219	275	18	3400
Commercial	1994	39513	70402	401	-	-	1593	111909
	1995	5334	52902	306	-	-	-	58542
	1996	39565	67106	383	-	-	-	107054
	1997	28151	79205	315	-	-	-	107671
	1998	22549	54644	523	-	-	-	75541
	1999	37732	35164	151	-	-	158	73205
	2000	40528	62230	70	103	45716	86	148733
	2001	37912	44118	118	158	-	41	82347
	2002	44104	48816	676	165	-	79	93840
	2003	29151	51071	700	2	-	212	81136
	2004	24755	63689	372	3	-	257	89076
	2005	39436	59021	682	2	-	153	99294
	2006	32617	48346	1121	26	-	272	82382
	2007	41593	45265	1407	142	-	261	88668
Crown Research Institutes	1994	11869	41565	2487	52	69	614	56656
	1995	4124	17945	755	112	8930	1601	33467
	1996	6165	38061	967	106	8050	5389	58738
	1997	6595	28328	1339	145	9091	2446	47944
	1998	8383	33614	1259	386	95121	3216	141979
	1999	12538	34741	623	6542	13860	3307	71521
	2000	27242	34211	1216	844	6735	4274	74522
	2001	26178	37609	1663	1355	3819	5454	76078
	2002	25697	25259	4037	3168	16624	6707	81492
	2003	24988	29668	1731	692	10243	9194	76516
	2004	19203	31582	1432	578	5504	2273	60572
	2005	15477	29186	202	2096	2248	5300	54509
	2006	14822	60507	1180	45672	1019	9476	132676
	2007	17980	33152	3447	218	1750	1178	57725
Government Departments	1994	538	-	-	2944	2548	2735	8765
	1995	-	-	-	41	-	3454	3495
	1996	-	-	-	157	-	130	287
	1997	40	-	-	-	-	-	40
	1998	500	10156	5	3588	30	976	15255
	1999	75	-	-	19220	458	3786	23539
	2000	210	15	26	1722	-	4124	6097
	2001	239	6	8	4090	92938	346	97627
	2002	228	42	53	3303	400	5203	9229
	2003	503	-	12	1995	-	5424	7934
	2004	140	-	-	6950	-	3174	10264
	2005	-	-	-	18	-	741	759
	2006	-	664	-	8618	-	617	9899
	2007	143	-	55	454	-	76	728
Other	1994	56075	5	-	3	-	-	56083
	1995	38215	-	9	3	-	-	38227
	1996	31570	122	74	1	-	76	31843
	1997	18541	449	4	1	-	41	19036
	1998	14694	629	24	2	-	1	15350
	1999	11892	583	23	100	-	13	12611
	2000	2832	13	29	-	-	-	2874
	2001	407	6	18	-	-	3	434
	2002	30	193	16	-	-	9	248
	2003	6686	2	-	22	-	4	6714
	2004	11478	5	7	22	-	7	11519
	2005	148	4	9	19	-	6	186
	2006	4644	389	-	18	-	29	5080
	2007	22184	3552	-	54	-	15	25805
Total	1994	137591	119754	4479	7919	10792	7393	287928
	1995	57993	78384	2929	5971	12417	6591	164285
	1996	92993	134242	3083	10112	17002	7084	264516
	1997	75471	120224	3313	2183	14527	5272	220990
	1998	72714	110994	4036	10797	99874	12322	310737
	1999	91227	78451	3078	32067	33515	10934	249272
	2000	110761	109816	3255	15811	72896	11856	324395
	2001	92987	90468	4753	16041	103546	10788	318583
	2002	96090	84796	6148	17393	44992	14265	263684
	2003	107845	106028	7541	6108	71993	21396	320911
	2004	93550	106615	5225	9611	12365	18756	246122
	2005	86470	109256	4668	37000	11593	11227	263214
	2006	81887	137180	10698	59404	8804	20516	318489
	2007	120526	94712	7675	5907	14218	3629	246667

Numbers of animals used 1987 - 1992