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Studies included inducing disease in pigs, surgically removing rabbits’ eyes and compressing mice’s skin

Public funding supported some Irish university animal research carried out overseas

Universities refuse to release key protocols, final reports, exact animal numbers or mortality figures under Freedom of Information

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