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Animal rights challenge to research centre plan

ANIMAL rights campaigners have condemned plans to create up to 1200 jobs at a major new European centre for animal research.

INNOVATION: Dolly the sheep, cloned at the Roslin Institute, cemented the area's reputation at the forefront of bioscience. Picture: Chris James
INNOVATION: Dolly the sheep, cloned at the Roslin Institute, cemented the area's reputation at the forefront of bioscience. Picture: Chris James

The Animal Biosciences Sector Action Plan will be unveiled later this week and is designed to stimulate economic growth and development and will be based outside Edinburgh in Midlothian.

Campaigners have raised objections amid claims the project could lead to an increase of animal experimentation within Scotland.