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 * Each year 56 to 100 million cats and 54 million dogs are born in the United States.
 * Annually, the number of dogs and cats that are put to death in animal shelters is between 10.1 and 16. 7 million.
 * Dogs and cats that are used in research are taken out of animal shelters. These animals would otherwise be euthanized. Their number comes to approximately 1.1% of dogs and cats euthanized in shelters.
 * At the most one dog or cat is used in research while at the same time 50 are destroyed in animal shelters.
 * The approximate number of animals used in research, each year, is 17-22 million which is much smaller as compared to the 5 billions animals that are killed and consumed for food, each year.
 * Most of the research is conducted on rodents such as rats or mice. Rodents constitute 85-90% of the research animals.
 * Out of the total, only 0.5% of research animals are non-human primates.
 * It is said that 61% of the animals used in research suffer no pain, as against 6% that experience pain.
 * 31% of the animals are relieved of pain through a euthanasia.
 * The animal test statistic points to the fact that 50% of all animals used in cosmetic testing die 2-3 weeks after the experiments.
 * The animal statistics also show that at least 12 million animal testing experiments were conducted in Europe during 2005.
 * In 2005, 2.3 million animals were used in France, where as Germany made use of 1.8 million animals.
 * Finland and Ireland managed to lower the number of animals used for testing. On the other hand, animal testing statistics make it clear that countries like Sweden, Spain and Greece almost doubled their use of animals for testing.
 * In Europe, there is a lot of public support for ban on animal testing. On the contrary, animal testing statistics show that there is a 2.3% increase in the number of animals used for testing.
 * The United Kingdom has banned cosmetic testing since 1990.
 * France, which is one of the most influential nations in Europe, is against the ban on animal testing

The following information was taken from the site [|Animal Testing Statistics]