Letters To Editor
Animal Loving
Sir and Madam, We, the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection, the leading animal rights organisation peacefully campaigning against vivisection, were saddened by reports that Oxford University has resumed the building of its new animal research lab.
It appears they are still wedded to animal research, despite evidence that it is ineffective. Although we are as unequivocally opposed to the violence of harassment and intimidation that some people use as a means of protest, we are equally opposed to the violence of vivisection. Contrary to what is reported in the media, most of the British public agree • 76 per cent according to MORI polls are opposed to animal testing.
Every time we go undercover in a laboratory we find much suffering, breaches of the Animals (1986) Scientific Procedures Act, and conditions far removed from the sanitized images the researchers allow to be seen. We want to save the lives of both animals in laboratories, as well as human beings who are ill. The abolition of vivisection offers this possibility, which is why the laboratory at Oxford should not be built.
Adolfo Sansolini CEO, The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuition fees
Sir and Madam, Following David Cameron’s uturn it seems that, should the Tories ever return to power, they will join Labour in imposing massive debt on students - no doubt putting many off higher education altogether. The Lib Dems remain determined to oppose the Tory-Labour consensus - and here in Oxford, I’m confident our antituition fees policy will resonate.
Steve Goddard Lib Dem MP, Oxford East --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12th Jan 2005