Despite the now tired refrain from government that Britain has some of the strictest vivisections rules in the world, we experiment on more animals than any other EU member state – scarcely a record to be proud of.
In 1996 Labour’s pre-election animal policy manifesto, New Labour: New Life for Animals, symbolised for many a government in waiting ready to make a real difference for animals.
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