00740nas a2200133   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260006700043100001400110700001500124245004900139856010700188520031100295       2015                            d  c2015-07-01T14:45:29+00:00bPew Research CenteraWashington, DC1 aCary Funk1 aLee Rainie00aOpinion About the Use of Animals in Research  uhttps://www.pewresearch.org/science/2015/07/01/chapter-7-opinion-about-the-use-of-animals-in-research/3 aThe general public is closely divided when it comes to the use of animals in research. Some 47% favor the practice, while and a nearly equal share (50%) oppose it. Support for animal research is down somewhat since 2009, when 52% of adults favored and 43% opposed the use of animals in scientific research.