Posted by Zebedee under blog's category : Antivivisection & extremism

On Thursday 26 January, we learned that Communities Secretary Eric Pickles had agreed with the recommendations of a planning appeal inspector and dismissed the planning appeal by B&K animal breeders in East Yorkshire. So permission to expand its laboratory beagle breeding facilities has been refused, pending further appeal.

The local Council had initially rejected the planning application on the grounds of uncertainty about highway access. But in judging the B&K appeal that issue was resolved in the company’s favour. Ironically, the appeal was turned down because of two other issues. These were the perceived negative impact of the proposal on adjacent listed buildings, and the negative impact the development might have on the local residents.

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Posted by Zebedee under blog's category : Research & medical benefits

It's 30 years since the first cases of HIV infection. During this time, says the website HIVaware, we've seen rapid change. The life-saving advances in treatment mean that a diagnosis of HIV infection is no longer death sentence. Learn more about how anti-retroviral treatments, based on decades of research into animal retroviruses, have saved millions of lives over two decades.

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Posted by Kite under blog's category : Communications & media

We liked a piece in the Huffington Post by Kirk Leech. Overlooking the Importance of Animal Research is in the UK politics section of the Huffington Post.

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Posted by Kite under blog's category : Communications & media

We award Paul Vallely of the Independent newspaper for his excellent article - Of Mice and Medicine. Subtitled In defence of animal experiments, the Independent published a four-page article in its Saturday Magazine about how animal research is 'transforming human lives'.

Of Mice and Medicine by Paul Vallely in the Independent.

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