SPEAK have once again hit the headlines in this week’s Guardian by hyping up their activities. But their announcement that the 2012 Olympic site is their next ‘legitimate target’ is based on shaky foundations and unlikely to amount to much.

Meanwhile it is lower-key commentary from the scientific community that is successfully making the arguments and winning the debate.

An Oxford academic discusses his research, his involvement with Pro-Test, and why openness is the way forward in an article for the September edition of the British Association for the Advancement of Science publication Science and Public Affairs:

In summary, I‘m amazed that a small group of ‘animal rights’ people have been able to dictate to the majority for so long. I’m tired of their lies. I’ve never been intimidated and refuse to be so. I really hope that my putting my own name and photo in the public domain (on the Pro-Test website) will encourage more scientists here in Oxford and elsewhere to be proud of what they do and to discuss their work without fear.