"The absurd anti-vivisection agenda of abolishing life-saving medical research involving animals is being systematically shredded before our eyes, " he said.

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In fact, Mac hacker Charlie Miller has performed a vivisection of the exploit, and what he found seems to be a specimen of true countersecurity brilliance.

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Sarah Kite, from the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection, was critical of the development, saying that many animals were being put through horrific and pointless experiments.

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"I see the government has promised consultation but I'm doubtful we'll get anything out of it, " Wendy Higgins, from the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (Buav), said.

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In January 2006 Laurie Pycroft started a group in defence of vivisection for medical research, Pro-Test, to counter those who believe that animals have rights equal to those of humans.

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Consider it a form of vivisection.

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The anti-vivisection group BUAV and the European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (ECEAE) said they had spent more than 20 years campaigning on the issue and had enlisted celebrities including Sir Paul McCartney, Morrissey and Sienna Miller to their cause.

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Sitting for a rare interview in a London garden flat on a rainy November day, he compares what he is ready to unleash to the damning e-mails that poured out of the Enron trial: a comprehensive vivisection of corporate bad behavior.

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