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Animal Experimentation
Good, bad, or necessary evil?
Venue: The Arena, Town Hall, Cheltenham
Date: June 12, 2004
Time: 6:30-8pm
Tickets: £5 (£4 concessions)
Booking: Box office: 01242 227979
Cheltenham Science Festival website

What is the future for animal experiments in the UK? The official approach argues both for their scientific necessity and also their regulation in the name of animal welfare. Is this a helpful compromise or a moral fudge?

Colin Blakemore of the Medical Research Council, Tony Gilland of the Institute of Ideas, Richard Ryder author of Painism: a Modern Morality and David Thomas, chair of the RSPCA join Timandra Harkness to discuss the issue.