ANIMAL-lovers are opposing plans to restart a programme of breeding dogs in the East Riding for scientific research.
B&K Universal, which supplies beagles for animal experiments, stopped breeding them last year because the facilities in Grimston, Holderness, were inadequate.
The company, owned by US-based Marshall Bio Resources, has applied for planning permission to upgrade its operation, demolishing existing buildings and building new ones.
Campaigner Penny Holt, of Cranswick, near Driffield, has pledged to oppose the move, saying: "Animal experiments are very cruel, they're barbaric and it's not scientific.
"Animals have different DNA to humans. I think the place should be shut down and I will be looking at the planning application online so I can put in an objection."
Jane Creamer, chief executive of the National Anti- Vivisection Society, said other local activists would definitely be objecting to the proposal.
She said: "Setting up another supply of beagles goes against the grain of the new EU directive that was passed last November.
"The UK Government is looking at putting that into UK law. The thrust of that is that animal experiments should be replaced. In terms of science, this company is using technology from more than 100 years ago."
The Mail contacted B&K Universal, but no one was available to comment.
The company has previously been the centre of several protests by animal welfare groups, some of which required a significant police presence.
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