Research animals ruling overturned

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Just sickening. I'd like to do a "moderate" suffering procedure on every single person in the Home Office. Go to Google News Research animals ruling overturned 14 hours ago A ruling that the Government was failing in its legal duty to ensure the suffering of animals used in laboratory experiments was kept to a minimum has

been overturned. Three judges at the Court of Appeal said a High Court judge's finding that a Government adviser was "clearly wrong" in a conclusion over the level of pain experienced by marmosets could not stand. But the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV), which originally brought the case after an undercover investigation at Cambridge University, said its main argument over the way the Home Office classifies the seriousness of experiments on animals had been upheld. The Home Office categorises experiments as either substantial, moderate or mild, which affects whether licences are granted. BUAV said in a statement that the Home Office should in future have to examine each licence application to properly assess the level of animal suffering. Chief Executive, Michelle Thew, said: "I am very pleased that the court has upheld our main point of principle relating to the way animal suffering should

be categorised and bringing this important case will hopefully mean fewer animals will suffer in the most severe animal experiments." Mr Justice Mitting, in a High Court ruling in July last year, said the Home Office was relying on expert advice which understated the extent of the "pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm" that could be caused to the animals at Cambridge University. Lord Justice May, giving the judgment of the appeal judges, said scientific judgment was not immune from lawyers' analysis but the court must be careful not to substitute its own inexpert view for that of a scientific expert opinion. The 10-month undercover investigation by the BUAV during 2000 and 2001 found that the Home Office had assigned a "moderate" suffering category to experiments which included highly invasive procedures such as removing the top of a marmoset's head and part of the brain to induce strokes. Hosted by The Press Association. All rights reserved. http://pets.Fortheanimals7/join