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Labour's vivisection 'failure'
Experiments on animals have reached the three million mark for the first time in 16 years, a shocking rise of 54% since Labour came to power argues the Dr Hadwen Trust
Animal research - a defence
Our debate about animal research continues with a call for a more sophisticated dialogue from the Research Defence Society's Dr Simon Festing
Battling vivisection in the courts
Next week the UK Government is set to try to overturn a 2007 High Court ruling it has been unlawfully licensing animal experiments
Abusing the weak
We don’t believe that sacrificing a few babies would be worth it if it helped to cure cancer – and we are absolutely right, writes Peta's Alistair Currie
An issue that polarises
Humans must carefully consider how we interact with any animal, in the wild, on farms, in laboratories or in our homes, argues the RSPCA's Barney Reed
A moral claim not to feel pain
'Intensive farming and the use of animals in the entertainment industry raise even more pressing ethical questions than the use of animals in biomedical research'
Animal responsibilities
Scientists have to assess the good that may come from what they do and the harms that they will impose, and try to make sure that their acts come out on the side of the good
Animal rights, human wrongs
As he takes up his new role at the Food Standards Agency, Colin Blakemore talks about animal rights, research and "pseudo-Buddhism" plus check out our debate on this controversial issue
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