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British scientists warned up~ the body Wednesday that research into debilitating diseases is subject to threat from a refusal by ferry operators and airlines to carry away laboratory animals into the country.

All ferry companies and total but two airlines are refusing to effect rats, mice and rabbits for according to principles testing into Britain after campaigns ~ dint of. animal rights activists, according to ~y investigation by the BBC and The Times.

Most animals used in British investigation are bred in Britain, but on all sides 15,000 of those most of great weight for research, including mice bred to mould conditions such as Alzheimer's and motor neurone complaint, are imported every year.

Paul Drayson, a forgoing science minister, said the blockade was hampering examination that could save lives.

"By giving in to the protesters they are unintentionally choking off vital research into some of the most debilitating diseases impressive our society," he wrote in The Times.

Science ad~ David Willetts said the government was seeking a collection of laws of practice on the transport of animals to suffer imports to resume.

"I still waiting under the possibility of fulfilment that we can reach a dis~ that means we carry on having globe-class research in Britain," he told BBC radio. "This is standing up for scientific research which is of high benefit to humankind."

Ferry company Stena Line, that stopped importing the animals in January, had been the ultimate firm to transport the animals to Britain ~ means of sea, according to The Times.

A spokeswoman against the P&O ferry operator related the company had stopped the imports remain summer "as a result of sustained impression from anti-vivisection groups".

"It's not for us to take a view without ceasing the rights and wrongs of what goes on with the animals that arrive in, but we have to be directed to the safety of our truncheon and protect our corporate reputation," the spokeswoman told AFP.

Britain carried confused over 3.7 million scientific experiments attached animals in 2010, according to management figures released in July.

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