AFTER years of often violent opposition, a controversial British medical research lab opened this week, but few were celebrating.
The University of Oxford鈥檚 suffered a series of setbacks due to threats and criminal damage until new laws stifled violent protests in 2005. It opened on Tuesday, but the university has cautioned against triumphalism. 鈥淲e would not describe this as a victory, as we never sought a battle,鈥� it says.
鈥淲e would not describe this as a victory, as we never sought a battle鈥�
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Meanwhile, the violent element of the anti-vivisection movement is growing in the US and mainland Europe. Figures from the (FBR) in Washington DC show that US animal activists have committed 508 illegal acts since 2003. In the previous five years, the number was 138. The most recent was a firebomb attack in August on the homes of two researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz. 鈥淚t is critical that the FBI apprehend the people who committed these felonies,鈥� said FBR president Frankie Trull.