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Nature 453, 592-593 (29 May 2008) | doi:10.1038/453592a; Published online 28 May 2008

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Vivisectionists strike back

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The complex issue of animal experimentation should not be dumbed down in the face of violent opposition, argues Andrew Read, reviewing a new polemic on the US experience.

BOOK REVIEWEDThe Animal Research War

by P. Michael Conn & James V. Parker

Palgrave Macmillan: 2008. 224 pp. $34.95, £22.99

Animal researchers in the United States are the targets of terrorists. If you need persuading that this is happening and that this is bad, read this book.