Why BA refuses to carry lab animals

Airline facing legal battle over its blanket ban on transporting animals for medical research

British Airways
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British Airways is facing a legal battle from scientists trying to end the airline’s blanket ban on flying lab animals, according to reports.

The Times says that “although airlines carry animals if they are pets or for zoos, campaigning by animal-rights activists has meant that almost all refuse to take them if they are for medical research”.

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