Animal suffering ‘not prevented during tests’, court hears

RESEARCH monkeys were yesterday at the centre of a High Court battle that could affect the future of animal experiments in Britain.

Known by names including Pinocchio, Tweety, Minnie and Beast, it was alleged there had been a failure to take adequate measures to minimise their suffering.

Richard Drabble QC, appearing for the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection, accused the British government of failing to enforce adequate controls at Cambridge research laboratories.