Rise in Animal Tests

I find it amazing that there were 3.7 million 'procedures' carried out on animals in medical testing facilities in England, Scotland and Wales last year. This is a 14% rise compared with 2007 and is part of a trend that has been rising for the past 7 years! Naively, I thought that the amount of testing on animals was being reduced year-on-year, but obviously I was wrong. I accept that there will, probably, always be a need to carry out some experimentation on animals, but it must be kept to a minimum! The Dr Hadwen Trust is the leading facility researching alternatives and should be fully supported.

Wednesday's questions are: -

1. Who was killed by Metropolitan Police Officers at Stockwell Underground station today in 2005?
   
   
2. In which country was actor Willem Dafoe (right) born today in 1955?
   

   
   
3. Who completed the first solo flight around the world today in 1933?
   

Yesterday's Answers: 1. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"; 2. Boulder, Colorado ; 3. Sirimavo Bandaranaike