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Call to end the use of monkeys in research

A Scots Labour MEP has called for a total ban on the use of monkeys in medical research carried out in this country. David Martin said that a disproportionate level of tests involving primates were carried out in Scotland and that alternatives must be found.

A Scots Labour MEP has called for a total ban on the use of monkeys in medical research carried out in this country.

David Martin said that a disproportionate level of tests involving primates were carried out in Scotland and that alternatives must be found.