FLICKR, EDDIE WELKER
In the past few months, all ferry companies that once shuttled lab animals by sea into the United Kingdom have closed their doors to such business after the companies were bombarded with emails and letters from a campaign led by the National Anti-Vivisection Alliance.
"All the while we had carried those animals discreetly without people knowing, but when the company's reputation comes under fire in an organized way, we felt it was time to take the decision to stop," Chris Laming, a spokesperson from P&O Ferries told ScienceNOW. Similar reasoning also forced Stena Lines and DFDS Seaways to cease their animal-shuttling services.
Around 15,000 live research animals are brought into the UK each year, most of which are mice, reported BBC News. These are animals ...
