TY - JOUR T1 - Laurie Pycroft JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 314 LP - 314 VL - 56 IS - 525 AU - James Willis Y1 - 2006/04/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/56/525/314.abstract N2 - The story of the schoolboy who faced down the self-styled ‘animal rights’ terrorists is the stuff of legend. Here was a real-life, modern-day teenager pointing out that a group of self-righteous and threatening pontificators weren't wearing any clothes. Pointing out that calling Oxford University's unfinished purpose-built animal research facility an ‘animal torture laboratory’, as SPEAK currently does on its website (have a look — www.speakcampaigns.org.uk) is ludicrous nonsense. And mischievous, malicious nonsense at that.Anyone who has the slightest desire to find the truth of this argument quickly discovers that animal testing in these islands is among the most carefully regulated and humane in the world. And anyone who wants to argue that animal testing is completely unnecessary for medical research will have to do better than simply assert that statements to the contrary are ‘lies’, … ER -