Animal Welfare Party finds very little to celebrate in today’s release by the Home Office of statistics showing an apparent ‘drop’ in the number of animal experiments performed in the UK in 2014. Statistics may appear to show a 6% drop in the number of experiments performed but, Animal Welfare Party supporters took the streets of Tower Hamlets on Sunday aboard the party’s Mayoral Election Battle Bus – led by AWP candidate for Mayor, Vanessa Hudson. Around 20 supporters, some in animal costumes, some in the party’s distinctive ‘A’ t-shirts boarded the bus for a three and a half hour tour across the borough. The aim of the trip was to help raise awareness of the party’s standing in the upcoming Mayoral Elections and with their brightly decorated bus in the party’s pink branding, dancing …Little to Celebrate in Release of Government Figures showing 6% ‘drop’ in Animal Experiments for 2014
in response to an EU directive, the way the Home Office collects figures has changed – meaning comparisons with figures from previous years are actually difficult to make. Tests are now counted when they conclude, instead of when they …Animal Welfare Party Battle Bus Takes to the Streets of Tower Hamlets in Final Days of Mayoral Election Campaign