07-29-2015, 08:01 PM
This is very bad news. Yorkshire Evergreen (part of a USA company) has been given permission by the UK Government to build a large breeding facility for laboratory animals (mostly beagles and ferrets) - despite two years of protests, petitions and appeals. See http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/07/...08812.html
The parent company, B&K, already has a criminal record for animal cruelty. Recently, some of their directors were prosecuted and imprisoned for cruelty in Italy. See http://savetheharlanbeagles.com/bandk-do...icted.html and also http://savetheharlanbeagles.com/ewExtern...May-15.pdf (details of the judgment).
Yet the UK Government has overridden the local decision to refuse the application and decided that it can go ahead. At the same, illogically, the British Government is claiming that it aims to reduce the numbers of animals used in experiments!
How a company with criminal convictions for animal cruelty can get permission to build yet another facility truly makes the mind boggle! If you wish to sign a petition of objection to the UK Minister, please go here: http://www.animaljusticeproject.com/urgentaction
The parent company, B&K, already has a criminal record for animal cruelty. Recently, some of their directors were prosecuted and imprisoned for cruelty in Italy. See http://savetheharlanbeagles.com/bandk-do...icted.html and also http://savetheharlanbeagles.com/ewExtern...May-15.pdf (details of the judgment).
Yet the UK Government has overridden the local decision to refuse the application and decided that it can go ahead. At the same, illogically, the British Government is claiming that it aims to reduce the numbers of animals used in experiments!
How a company with criminal convictions for animal cruelty can get permission to build yet another facility truly makes the mind boggle! If you wish to sign a petition of objection to the UK Minister, please go here: http://www.animaljusticeproject.com/urgentaction
