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Proposed primate research centre
27 January 2004
Statement from Professor Tony Minson, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the University of Cambridge, on the University’s decision to discontinue its planned primate research centre for financial reasons:
�The University of Cambridge, like many other UK universities, faces an uncertain financial future. What was an acceptable risk five years ago is no longer the case.
�This has not been an easy decision to reach but ultimately, we have a responsibility to our students and staff not to take financial risks of this magnitude, and we believe that although regrettable, this is the right course of action.
�The animal rights groups will of course claim this as a victory, but in our view they have won no arguments whatsoever. We still believe this work to be of significant national importance and we are already exploring with the medical research funding agencies other ways of continuing this work.
�The University of Cambridge is determined to remain a world-class institution for bio-medical research, maintaining the highest animal welfare standards. To achieve the important advances in medical knowledge, animals are used where there are no alternatives. We will continue to undertake research that gives hope to thousands of people affected by these devastating diseases and disorders.�
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