Animal Welfare Information Center Newsletter, Summer 1996, Vol. 7 No. 2

Table 3. Animals Used in Pain Reporting Categories, 1973-1995

Year	No Pain & No Drugs	With Pain/Distress & With Drugs	With Pain/Distress & Without Drugs
$1973$ ⁽¹⁾	---------	---------	(19,336)
$1974$ ⁽²⁾	---------	---------	(1,774) 65,301
1975	---------	---------	117,756
1976	---------	---------	129,263
$1977$ ⁽³⁾	---------	---------	114,911
1978	---------	---------	150,191
$1979$ ⁽⁴⁾	---------	504,790	108,788
1980	---------	481,716	122,650
1981	---------	493,681	101,653
1982	---------	465,518	130,363
1983	---------	515,608	139,411
1984	---------	665,543	128,256
1985	---------	766,804	147,422
1986	---------	608,308	113,161
1987	---------	692,247	130,373
$1988$ ⁽⁵⁾	---------	961,271	90,400
$1989$ ⁽⁶⁾	1,019,350	619,219	116,587
1990	920,330	568,145	89,624
1991	1,131,139	602,415	108,866
1992	1,241,373	772,601	120,208
1993	1,281,969	926,990	160,480
1994	884,591	560,871	179,187
1995	754,712	517,377	123,374

The 1973 and early 1974 annual report did not request the number of animals used in research, but only requested the number of experiments involving unrelieved pain or distress for animals. This is the first year reports were required. From late 1974 to 1978, only animals involving unrelieved pain or distress were required to be reported. The number of experiments reported in 1973 and 1974 are shown in parentheses, with the numbers of animals reported shown each year thereafter.
In late 1974, a revised reporting form was distributed to research facilities requesting the number of animals exposed to unrelieved pain rather than the number of experiments. Figures for both the number of animals and the number of experiments are shown for 1974.
Reports on the number of animals used subject to unrelieved pain (no drugs) were reported only from January 1, 1977, through September 30, 1977, because of a change in reporting from calendar year to fiscal year.
The 1979 annual report was the first report to list both the number of animals used involving pain that was relieved by drugs and the number of animals used involving unrelieved pain (no drugs).
APHIS reorganized the animal welfare program effective October 1, 1988. Animal welfare was moved from Veterinary Services to Regulatory Enforcement and Animal Care. This transition affected reporting lines and procedures and could have affected the data in both reporting categories.
The reporting of animals used involving no pain and no drugs, in addition to the two previous categories, was required in the 1989 annual report.

This table was referenced in the article "A Review of the Animal Welfare Enforcement Report Data 1973 Through 1995" in the Animal Welfare Information Center Newsletter, Volume 7, Number 2, Summer 1996

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