VICTORY! Plans for beagle breeding facility rejected!

[MoonRiver]

n a victory for animals, the East Riding of Yorkshire Council Planning Committee voted this week to reject a controversial proposal to build a breeding facility for beagles intended for research.

Last year, public outcry helped stop similar plans in East Yorkshire. However, another proposal for a scaled-down version on the same site that’s owned by Bantin & Kingman Universal Ltd (B&K) was submitted this year and became the center of another controversy surrounding the use of dogs in research and animal testing in general.

Animal advocates, local residents and celebrities rallied against the proposal that was submitted earlier this fall by Yorkshire Evergreen, a subsidiary of U.S. company Marshall BioResources, over concerns about the cruelty inherent in breeding and keeping dogs for research and problems it would cause for residents.



Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/victory-plans-for-beagle-breeding-facility-rejected.html#ixzz2kiM1EI5C

[Cooley Hurd]

1. Research?

What utter fuckwads...

[LisaLynne]

2. They like to use beagles because of their docile and friendly nature. nt

[Cooley Hurd]

3. That makes the researchers even more evil!

[LisaLynne]

4. I agree. nt

[MoonRiver]

5. Absolutely!

[meti57b]

6. That is very good news!!!

[MoonRiver]

7. So happy that at least some animals will be protected against cruelty.