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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Charity challenges ‘chilling’ law change restricting protest at animal testing sites

Animal rights protesters in Piccadilly Circus.
An Animal Aid protest in central London in 2024. The charity said: ‘Openness and scientific accountability are more important than ever.’ Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Alamy

A charity has filed a legal challenge over a “chilling” change in the law that restricts protest outside animal testing facilities in England and Wales by reclassifying them as “key national infrastructure”.

Animal Aid says last month’s amendment to the Public Order Act could capture even the most peaceful, non‑disruptive advocacy. It claims the change is unlawful because it goes beyond parliament’s intention at the time the act was passed.

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