One of the defining images of the first Pro-Test rally in Oxford was of the banner ‘Vegetarians against the Animal Liberation Front’. Whilst we might automatically assume that vegetarians side with antivivisectionists, it seems that the unpleasant tactics of the animal rights extremists and the misinformation from the antivivisection groups is enough to put anyone off their cause.

Having failed to win the moral arguments against animal research, the antivivisection groups are increasingly concentrating on trying to undermine the science. But they must have failed to take into account the ultimate antidote to their propaganda - the vegetarian pro-vivisection scientist. Read her story on The Guardian blog. It’s compelling.