This page summarises information related to research activities carried out by St George before it merged with City. We have merged with City to become City St George’s.
Information on the number of animals used for scientific procedures under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 are reported annually to the UK Home Office. They form part of the national statistics which the Home Office publishes each year.
City St George’s has additionally published the species and number of each species used at the university on our website since 2013, and will continue to disclose the five most recent reporting years’ data in the future. From 2019 onwards, we will aim to provide a more detailed degree of information in our reports. This is occasionally the basis of freedom of information (FOI) requests, to which the university publishes responses online.
Annual Statistics
Animals used for procedures under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, by year.
2013
Mice: 4,608
Rats: 551
Rabbits: 96
Guinea pigs: 9
Pigs: 6
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Total: 5,270
2014
Mice: 5,087
Rats: 501
Rabbits: 92
Pigs: 3
Fish: 217
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Total: 5,900
2015
Mice: 4,735
Rats: 414
Rabbits: 84
Fish: 1,980
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Total: 7,213
2016
Mice: 2,982
Rats: 82
Fish: 3,034
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Total: 6,098
2017
Mice: 2,356
Rats: 48
Fish: 328
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Total: 2,732
These additional statistics are outside the remit of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) reported animals.
Animals bred for scientific purposes other than for ASPA-specified procedures
Mice: 178
Rats: 410
Fish: 35
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Total: 623
Tissue sampling for purpose of genotyping
Mice: 408
Fish: 64
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Total: 472
2018
For 2017, the Home Office required additional data collection which relates to the EU Directive 2010/63, commencing in 2017 and to be followed every 5th year.
Mice: 1,651
Rats: 5
Fish: 1441
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Total: 3,097
2019
Mice: 1,472
Fish: 1,548
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Total: 3,020
2020
Mice: 1,512
Rats: 252
Fish: 814
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Total: 2,578
2021
Our BRF was closed for refurbishment during 2021, and some projects were transferred to other Establishments. The number of animals used over the year by those projects will be published by their host institutions. The following are the numbers used at City St George's only:
Mice: 1,065
Rats: 14
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Total: 1,079
The great majority were subject to only sub-threshold or mild procedures.
2022
Our BRF remains closed. There were no animals used for scientific procedures under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 at City St George's, University of London premises.
2023
Our BRF remains closed. There were no animals used for scientific procedures under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 at City St George's, University of London premises.
2024
Fish: 1348
2025
Fish: 2312