Prof John Stein: new lab will house troops of monkeys

Oxford University's tactics at attempting to swing public opinion in favour of vivisection and thus the new laboratory project have taken a new twist. Yet another apologist for vivisection - himself a vivisector - has been wheeled out to explain why the torture of animals is necessary, scientifically valid and ethical.

The latest character in the showcase to come out of the woodwork is Neurophysiologist Professor John Stein, brother of celebrity chef Rick Stein. In an article in the Oxford Mail, Stein has this to say: "If activists really cared about animals they would support the development."(!)

His statements seem to refute rather than support what the University itself has been saying, namely that 98% of the animals to be used at the new facility will be rodents, for he further st