Campaigners protest against animal testing at Oxford University

SPEAK - The Voice for the Rights of Animals marched in Cornmarket Street displaying banners reading: "20 years of fighting against animal experiments at Oxford University."

The university is one of 10 organisations that accounted for nearly half of all animal research in Britain in 2021, data from the Home Office showed.

Understanding Animal Research (UAR), an organisation which promotes open communications on the issue, said animal testing is a small but important part of the research into new medicines, vaccines and treatments for humans and animals.

READ AGAIN: Oxford University is one of 10 organisations that accounted for half of animal tests in UK in 2021

Professor Sir Colin Blakemore, who died last June, a leading scientist at the University of Oxford who carried out animal tests, was targeted in a decades-long hate campaign by animal rights activists, which saw him face death threats, letter bombs and HIV needles in the post.

Oxford University has been approached for comment.

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