Editing Laboratory mouse (section)

===United Kingdom===

In the U.K., as with all other vertebrates and some invertebrates, any scientific procedure which is likely to cause "pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm" is regulated by the [[Home Office]] under the [[Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986]]. U.K. regulations are considered amongst the most comprehensive and rigorous in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.societyofbiology.org/policy/policy-issues/biomedical-sciences/animal-research|title=Animal Research|last=Anon|work=Policy issues|publisher=Society of Biology|access-date=18 October 2014|archive-date=12 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012154350/https://www.societyofbiology.org/policy/policy-issues/biomedical-sciences/animal-research|url-status=dead}}</ref> Detailed data on the use of laboratory mice (and other species) in research in the U.K. are published each year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/212610/spanimals12.pdf|title=Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals: Great Britain 2012|publisher=Home Office (UK)|year=2013|access-date=July 30, 2013}}</ref> In the U.K. in 2013, there were a total of 3,077,115 regulated procedures undertaken on mice in scientific procedure establishments, licensed under the Act.<ref name="ASPA statistics">{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-of-scientific-procedures-on-living-animals-great-britain-2013|title=Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2013|last=Anon|date=2014|work=National statistics|publisher=Home Office|pages=26|access-date=18 October 2014}}</ref>