I read an interesting article by primatologist Dame Jane Goodall in UK newspaper The Times last Saturday, in which Goodall argues that medical research will be at risk if import of mice and monkeys are halted and appeals to recognise animal testing as “morally and ethically unacceptable”

Previously the newspaper reported claims from the former science minister, Lord Drayson, that medical research was jeopardized by airline and ferry companies that no longer import animals to the UK for testing in response to demands of animal rights activists.

In the article Goodall discusses the truths about animal testing. “In the name of science or medicine, animals are subjected to countless invasive, frightening and sometimes very painful procedures” she says and  – even though serious diseases have affected her in her personal life since her mother was affected by Parkinsons Disease and her husband died from cancer – asks the question weather animal testing is the way to go about to cure serious diseases.

To read more about the inspiring Jane Goodall, read our previous posts here and here