Beagles in Experiments

A friend in SAFE tells me that TV3 will show on 60 Minutes tonight details of a New Zealand animal breeding facility that is one of the largest animal-testing facilities in the Southern Hemisphere.

The facility is thought to have up to 200 beagles being used for research.

SAFE have set up a an online petition, a public forum and a website at www.banbeagleexperiments.org.nz, available immediately after the screening of 60 Minutes. The site is partially available now and looks very slick.

I’m not opposed to all animal use in research, but I think it is a very valid debate about what the extents should be, and how necessary each individual research case is.