Animal rights activist Anita Kumar found herself in what might have been the tricky situation of defending PETA’s record on killing stray cats and dogs on a radio interview this morning for BBC Wales. No problem actually. “There’s a massive overpopulation of cats and dogs” she responded, and euthanazing them is the “only humane thing to do”.

So watch out cats and dogs. Fanatical and ruthless animal rights group PETA are on your tail!

Now here’s a proposition. We have yet to meet anyone from PETA who knows anything about science or research. So why doesn’t PETA let us get on with the genuinely humane task of saving people’s lives - through high quality medical research, a small but vital part of which involves the use of animals. In the meantime, PETA can get on with what it knows best - killing stray animals!