This 2013 survey shows the public opinion on the use of animals in research in the United Kingdom. The use of laboratory animals and the like was perceived as more of a risk than something beneficial by almost a third of the respondents, whereas nearly half of the surveyed said that the benefits outweighed the risks of this field of study.
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Ipsos. (March 3, 2014). Public opinion on the risk to benefit ratio of the use of animals in research in the United Kingdom in 2013 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/317995/united-kingdom-uk-survey-animals-in-research-science-public-opinion/
Ipsos. "Public opinion on the risk to benefit ratio of the use of animals in research in the United Kingdom in 2013." Chart. March 3, 2014. Statista. Accessed July 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/317995/united-kingdom-uk-survey-animals-in-research-science-public-opinion/
Ipsos. (2014). Public opinion on the risk to benefit ratio of the use of animals in research in the United Kingdom in 2013. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/317995/united-kingdom-uk-survey-animals-in-research-science-public-opinion/
Ipsos. "Public Opinion on The Risk to Benefit Ratio of The Use of Animals in Research in The United Kingdom in 2013." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Mar 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/317995/united-kingdom-uk-survey-animals-in-research-science-public-opinion/
Ipsos, Public opinion on the risk to benefit ratio of the use of animals in research in the United Kingdom in 2013 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/317995/united-kingdom-uk-survey-animals-in-research-science-public-opinion/ (last visited July 08, 2025)
Public opinion on the risk to benefit ratio of the use of animals in research in the United Kingdom in 2013 [Graph], Ipsos, March 3, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/317995/united-kingdom-uk-survey-animals-in-research-science-public-opinion/
