I am web communications officer for Frame - Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments.

FRAME believes that the current scale of animal experimentation is unacceptable. It understands that an immediate end to animal testing is impossible, but campaigns for change by advocating the Three Rs strategy – Replacement, Reduction, Refinement.

Wherever possible, current testing on animals should be replaced with other methods that do not use animals.  If there is no effective and reliable alternative, FRAME believes the numbers of animals involved should be reduced as far as possible, and the procedures applied should be refined to minimise the pain and distress experienced by those that are used.