Humane research must be given equal funding

How can any animal lover have any high hopes of action when despite all the campaigning and exposures, such places are in existence and still expanding?

It will follow the same old pattern, Inveresk will defend their experiments, pleading that sadly they are necessary to cure human diseases.

The vivisectors’ utterances are always given prominence in the media - not so prominent is the detailed evidence against vivisection by qualified humane researchers.

The Home Office and the vivisection industry point out the so-called strict regulations.

If this is so, why are so many business as usual signs are hung up in the labs?

In my opinion there can be no doubt that vivisection is a huge profit-making concern.

Whoever wins the General Election must have high on their agenda a donation to natural medicine at least equalling that given to the vivisection industry.

This is essential to the health of the nation.

JOHN COWEN STEWART TERRACE EDINBURGH