Sheila Gilmore

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Monthly Archives: March 2011

Animal testing

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Sheila Gilmore

Lots of constituents regularly contact me regarding their opposition to unnecessary animal testing. I was thus happy to put my name to a recent open letter from the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection, which was published in today’s Guardian. You can view it here:

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Posted in Animal Welfare | Tagged Animal Testing, Animal Welfare

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