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12/04/2005
Anti-vivisection campaigners win legal bid
The High Court has granted permission for animal rights campaigners to challenge the legality of animal experiments conducted at Cambridge University.
The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) claimed that they obtained secret documents from the university which revealed that the 1986 act introduced to protect animals used in scientific research was not being enforced.
BUAV claimed that they had discovered monkeys with the tops of their skulls sawn off. The campaigners also claimed that animals had been left unattended for as long as fifteen hours and that some monkeys had been found dead in the morning, while others were described as being in a poor condition.
Mr Justice Stanley Burton gave BUAV permission today to seek a judicial review against a 2003 government report, which had concluded that there was no evidence to support the group's claims.
However, Justice Burton reportedly rejected three other claims made by BUAV regarding acts of animal cruelty.
It has been reported that BUAV plans to appeal the three claims rejected at the High Court today.
A spokesperson for Cambridge University was reported as saying that animals used in medical research should be "looked after to the highest possible standards" but stressed that while "medical researchers aim to reduce work involving animals to a minimum, some of this work must continue if we are to make essential life-saving advances in medicine."
(KmcA)
The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) claimed that they obtained secret documents from the university which revealed that the 1986 act introduced to protect animals used in scientific research was not being enforced.
BUAV claimed that they had discovered monkeys with the tops of their skulls sawn off. The campaigners also claimed that animals had been left unattended for as long as fifteen hours and that some monkeys had been found dead in the morning, while others were described as being in a poor condition.
Mr Justice Stanley Burton gave BUAV permission today to seek a judicial review against a 2003 government report, which had concluded that there was no evidence to support the group's claims.
However, Justice Burton reportedly rejected three other claims made by BUAV regarding acts of animal cruelty.
It has been reported that BUAV plans to appeal the three claims rejected at the High Court today.
A spokesperson for Cambridge University was reported as saying that animals used in medical research should be "looked after to the highest possible standards" but stressed that while "medical researchers aim to reduce work involving animals to a minimum, some of this work must continue if we are to make essential life-saving advances in medicine."
(KmcA)
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