A recent break in at the University of Milan by animal rights extremists has put the university’s research into psychiatric disorders back several years.
An animal facility at the University of Milan, Italy, was occupied on Saturday 20 April by Fermare Green Hill.
Animal rights activists have created an exaggerated impression of their movement by their use of social and other media channels.
Leading animal rights extremists Greg and Natasha Avery were released from prison this week.
Three animal rights extremists who were imprisoned for their role in the 'Save the Newchurch Guinea Pigs' campaign – Jon Ablewhite, John Smith and Kerry Whitburn – have been released from prison.
Following the sentencing of six animal rights extremists on Monday, the new government made clear that it remains committed to countering criminal activity carried out in the name of animal rights.
An animal rights activist who was jailed last year for a firebombing plot against Oxford University in 2006 faces a retrial.
Public opinion research released this week shows that public attitudes to animal research haven't changed much in the UK over the last few years.
In a febrile atmosphere, a 'panel discussion' took place on a Californian campus earlier this week between antivivisectionists and research advocates
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