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Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this. It was a toss up between here and the activist thread.
http://www.uncaged.co.uk/news/2012/eu-animal-testing.htm
news release
UK Government plans to lift the long-standing ban on experiments on stray animals
UK GOVERNMENT THREATENS TO WEAKEN LAWS ON ANIMAL TESTING
Last month (May 2012), the Home Office finally responded to last summer’s public consultation exercise on how to implement the new EU Directive on animal experimentation (2010/63/EU). This critical law will replace the current Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 and set the scene for animal experiments for a generation to come, directly affecting the welfare and lives of about 100 million animals in the UK alone. Uncaged’s expert analysis can exclusively reveal that the Government intends to further weaken most regulations, leading to more unnecessary pain and suffering for animals...
http://www.uncaged.co.uk/news/2012/eu-animal-testing.htm