Pre-trial hearings begin soon for many of the suspects arrested in Operation Achilles, the UK’s most ambitious animal rights extremist investigation to date. The scale of the case should offer no excuse for complacency on the issue in Britain and around the world.
Democratic debate and protest around the testing of medicines is to be welcomed. It has helped limit the number of animals used, made the choice of species more suitable and improved conditions for the experiments that remain essential to improve human health.
