Red Herrings

BUAV and the Art of the Red Herring

Chris Magee | Posted 03.09.2012 | UK Politics
Chris Magee

An interesting row has arisen around the transposition of an EU Directive into UK law. It has been sparked by a claim that stray or feral animals will be used in animal research, and tells us a great deal about how anti-animal research lobbyists sometimes mislead their supporters by raising phoney "issues".