Vivisection opponents to hold march
The National Anti-Vivisection Alliance is planning a march to protest against the use of beagles in experiments.
The alliance has stepped up its campaign to close Harlan, a company located near Loughborough, which breeds dogs and other animals that are sold to companies for experiments.
The group will be in Loughborough town centre on Saturday and the protesters will begin their march at noon, in Southfields Park.
Alliance spokesman Luke Steele said: "A decade ago, dozens of companies supplied dogs for research, now only Harlan remains.
"We call on it to get in line with the modern day, close its kennels and hand over all beagles to be re-homed."







3 Comments
by redcat
Wednesday, June 15 2011, 1:34PM
“Using animals in experiments only really tells you how that particular animal will react. Who knows how many wonder drugs we have lost because the animal experiments indicated it wouldn't work or was dangerous? Penicillin is a deadly poison to guinea pigs, anaesthetic that sends other animals to sleep makes cats hyperactively alert. This is the twenty first century, we can grow human cells in a dish, we owe it to ourselves as well as animals to use better ways to test experiments.”
by Opinion8ed
Wednesday, June 15 2011, 12:54PM
“(I hadn't finished!!) .... took on a number of beagles some years ago which had been used for breeding and in experiments and they were cowering and terrified, not nice..the people that took them on had many problems with training etc.”
by Opinion8ed
Wednesday, June 15 2011, 12:51PM
“Good for the protestors. It is bad enough using small mammals for experiments but using dogs is beyond the pale. They are sentient companion animals, I remember when the RSPCA”