Animal rights activist is removed from government committee

Government acts on animal rights activists

The British government is bolstering legislation to curb the activity of animal rights protesters who threaten researchers as pharmaceutical companies pledge funds to support animal testing in universities in the face of fears that their crucial supply of graduate and postgraduate recruits is under threat. A hastily assembled programme of legislative reform was released in response to the succe...

Animal Rights Consideration is a Necessity in Conducting an Experiment

Committee on Government Operations

A human rights activist Argentinian wins Nobel Prize

Fr. W illiam A. Toohey, C.S.C., d irector o f C am pus M inistry since 1970, died yesterday m orning. H e was 50 years old. T oohey was hospitalized O c to b e r 1 after he collapsed during a staff m eeting following several days of “ m inor illness.” H e was pronounced dead at 11:32 a.m. yesterday at St. Jo sep h ’s H ospital. D octors diagnosed his illness as a form o f viral encephalitis, an...

Animal rights protests build

Opposition to animal experiments in Britain appears to be extending beyond the labs to other businesses supplying them. Nigel Williams reports.