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Opinion
Nature 409, 439 (25 January 2001) | doi:10.1038/35054189
Lessons from Huntingdon
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Abstract
The virtual destruction of an animal-testing company by activists and terrorists has highlighted again the power of fundamentalist minorities. Industry and government have failed to respond adequately to the public challenge.
A company that sets itself up in Britain, one of the most animal-protective nations in the world, to expose tens of thousands of animals every year to tests that cause pain or death might be said to be asking for trouble. But such activities are not only legal, they are also an unpleasant necessity.
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