Two partisan views of a controversial issue
Vivisection is both cruel and unnecessary
This contentious issue is the subject of two films, one made under the editorial control of Caroline Richmond, former medical researcher and scientific journalist, the other under the editorial control of Jan Creamer, General
Secretary of the National
Anti-Vivisection Society.
'There's no more poliomyelitis because we vaccinate against it, but each batch of the vaccine has to be tested to ensure it doesn't paralyse the nerves. It has to be tested on animals. Do you expect me to test it on children?'
(PROF OWEN WADE,
Head of Medical School
Queen Elizabeth Hospital)
'Animal experimentation is institutionalised violence - legality does not make it any less violent, it just makes it more acceptable to people.'
(JAN CREAMER)
Presented by Laurie Taylor Producers STEVE CONNELLY and MIKE MACCORMACK Made by the COMMUNITY PROGRAMME UNIT