LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Animal researchers warned to stay vigilant

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

11 Jun 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:04:28

Description

Following the detonation in Bristol of a bomb beneath the car of a psychologist, the Research Defence Society has issued a warning to all involved in medical science to be vigilant. Director Mark Madfield claims that anyone involved in animal research is now a target. Steve McIver of the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection says the people responsible for the attack are fanatics. Terrorism expert, David Capitanchik of the University of Aberdeen comments on the availability of explosives. Clayre Gribben reports.

Contributors

Clayre Gribben; Mark Madfield; Steve McIver; David Capitanchik

Keywords

Animal rights; Terrorism; UK; Great Britain; Somerset; Cars; England; Protest movements; Bombs; Explosions; Bristol; Explosives; Avon (county); Animal experimentation; ALF; Patrick Headley; Research Defence Society; BUAV

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