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EU chemical testing – doctors and lawyers oppose plan

The organisation Doctors and Lawyers for Responsible Medicine (DLRM) oppose - on scientific grounds - an EU plan for a massive new programme of safety testing of chemicals using animals. What follows is the DLRM...

Posted 01 Jul 2001

Huntingdon’s 11th hour reprieve

The campaign against Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) has been top of the national news agenda. When the Royal Bank of Scotland threatened to call in its £22.5 million overdraft facility, financial ruin seemed certain for...

Posted 01 Mar 2001

Vivisection planning victory

Plans for a large extension to the animal research facility operated by Cambridge University at Girton, north of the City, suffered a major blow when permission was refused by South Cambridgeshire District Council on 3...

Posted 01 Mar 2001