A recent survey commissioned by the French animal rights group OneVoice claims that as many as 64 percent of respondents oppose animal testing, with 34 percent rejecting any form of animal testing.
Eighty-six percent of the 1,000 people over the age of 15 surveyed by IPSOS-France said they were opposed to any animal testing procedure that caused suffering in animals.
The survey found that opposition to animal testing was highest prevalent among the young (70 percent of people under 35 told IPSOS they opposed animal testing) and women (again, 70 percent of women said they opposed animal testing).
Two-thirds of respondents said that they believed non-animal alternatives existed that could replace animal research.
The full survey and results is available here in French.
Source:
French citizens largely opposed to animal testing, suggests survey, Cordis RTD-News, March 11, 2003.
Les Français critiquent le manque de transparence de l’expérimentation animale. IPSOS-France, March 17, 2003.