From CLIVE HOLLANDS
Ursula Mittwoch is to be congratulated on her thought-provoking and
clearly reasoned assessment of the present-day animal politics impasse (‘Animal
rights; human wrongs’, Forum, 3 March).
The centre party suggested by Mittwoch in fact came into being prior
to the passage of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 with the
alliance formed by the British Veterinary Association (BVA), the Committee
for the Reform of Animal Experimentation (CRAE) and the Fund for the Replacement
of Animals in Medical Experiments (FRAME). This alliance held the middle
ground and provided the support the government needed to bring this legislation
to the statute book.
Clive Hollands Edinburgh
