BUAV’s pioneering investigation at Huntingdon Research Centre revealed, for the very first time, the plight of beagles in toxicity testing and caused a public and political outcry.

Huntingdon Research Centre (now Huntingdon Life Sciences) is Europe's largest contract testing laboratory carrying out toxicity tests on animals. The BUAV infiltrated its animal laboratories in 1989 when Sarah Kite worked for eight months undercover in both the rodent and the dog toxicology units. Sarah painstakingly collected evidence of the suffering and poor conditions endured by the animals, and the uncaring attitudes of the staff. Her work provided the first real insight into conditions inside a 'modern' British laboratory, and indeed the first damning insight into the actual workings of the government's much heralded Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986

• Secret suffering
  • The Testing
  • The Outcome
  • It's A Dog's Life
  • Public Outcry