Campaigners oppose beagle breeding facility
A campaign has been launched to oppose controversial plans to build a facility in East Yorkshire to breed beagle dogs for experiments.
Calls to block plans for new beagle breeding facility
The Queen guitarist Brian May and Downton Abbey actor Peter Egan are calling on the Government to block plans for a beagle breeding facility, which would supply dogs for medical experiments.
An application from B & K Universal to expand its centre in East Yorkshire has twice been turned down by local planners. One appeal to the Secretary of State has also been rejected, but a ruling on a second appeal is due next week.
The company says animal testing is a small, but vital part, of medical research.
Helen Steel looks at the arguments for and against:
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