Controversial plans to breed more beagles for use in scientific research are being considered by the Government.
The proposals by East Yorkshire company B&K Universal are being looked at by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles.
Anti-vivisection groups claim the plans would lead to more dogs being used in laboratory experiments, but the company insists it wants to reduce the number of animals being imported.
The dogs are housed in a compound on the edge of the remote village of Grimston, east of Hull, and are shielded from animal rights extremists by razor wire, CCTV cameras and guards.
Behind three separate doors, inside a modern low-rise building, more than a dozen beagles are kept in groups of twos and threes in metal cages against the walls.
To protect them from disease, the dogs are never allowed outdoors and staff and visitors have to wear overclothes.
Please sign this petition, and write to MP's, Eric Pickles and B & K Universal, conveying your disgust at this abhorant disregard for animal welfare.
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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/row-firm-moves-breed-beagles-tests-225353353.html
