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He is also a consultant Geneticist to Harlan UK , which breeds animals for the animal-testing industry. {Link without Title}

He is the author of over 200 scientific papers on laboratory-animal genetics and related issues. He has a particular interest in improving the design of animal experiments, particularly in the area of Toxicology Testing , and was the winner in 1996 of the GlaxoSmithKline Laboratory Animal Welfare Prize for his work while at the University Of Leicester on "improved experimental design leading to reductions in the use of laboratory animals." {Link without Title}

Festing has been criticized by the animal-rights movement for his investment in companies that engage in animal testing, which according to the Animal Procedures Committee register of members' interests includes AstraZeneca , GlaxoSmithKline , Alizyme , Akambis , Cambridge Antibody , Shire Pharmaceuticals , and Celltech . [http://www.curedisease.com/mediafestingwhois.html


LIFE AND EDUCATION

Festing is a chartered statistician, has a Ph.D in quantitative genetics from Iowa State University , and a D.Sc. from the University Of London .

He is the father of Simon Festing , the executive director of the Research Defence Society , which focuses on supplying information about, and defending, the use of animals in medical experiments in the UK.


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