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The Research Defence Society was a British scientific society and lobby group, founded by Stephen Paget, in 1908, to fight against the anti-vivisectionist "enemies of reason" at the beginning of the 20th century. At the end of 2008, after being active for 100 years, it merged with the communications group Coalition for Medical Progress to form the advocacy group Understanding Animal Research.[1]
The Research Defence Society's aim was to disseminate information about, and to defend the use of,
Its last executive director was Dr. Simon Festing, who became CEO of Understanding Animal Research.[4]
One campaign to demonstrate the support for animal research within the scientific and medical community was the co-signing of a petition in support of the use of animals in research called Declaration on Animals in Medical Research.
Notes
- ^ Understanding Animal Research Home Page
- ^ Focus: A campaigning hero The Sunday Times - Britain February 26, 2006
- ISBN 978-0956000804.
- ^ Understanding Animal Research About Us page
- ^ Declaration on animals in medical research
References
- Understanding Animal Research website (the RDS site no longer exists) [1]
- Woods, Richard & Ungoed-Thomas, Jonathan. "A campaigning hero", Sunday Times, February 26, 2006