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Nature 407, 3 (7 September 2000) | doi:10.1038/35024221

Open Innovation Challenges

Britain may boost protection of researchers from intimidation...

Natasha Loder

Prompted by the increasingly aggressive tactics of animal-rights activists, Britain's Home Secretary, Jack Straw, promised last week to consider changes in the law that would give the police more powers to stop individuals organizing campaigns of intimidation.His comments came after five firebomb attacks on cars belonging to workers at Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), a contract company that uses animals mainly to test medicines for safety for the pharmaceuticals industry, and agricultural chemicals for toxicity.