Pensioners, farmers, small businesses, working people and ‘people like me’ are the groups most seen to be treated worse than they should be by the British government.
Findings of a MORI research study on behalf of the Coalition for Medical Progress (CMP) show that 75% of the GB population can accept animal experimentation so long as it is for medical purposes. A similar proportion (76%) can accept animal experimentation as long as there is no unnecessary suffering to the animals. 72% of adults agree with animal experimentation for all types of medical research where there is no alternative, and 53% can accept animal research only for life-threatening diseases. 89% of those surveyed agreed with one or more of these four statements.
MORI research for IFAW shows widespread support for making the keeping of primates as pets in the UK illegal (79%). Almost three in five Britons (58%) strongly agree it should be made illegal, whilst one in 10 (nine per cent) feel that it should remain legal.
A MORI survey for BBC ONE's Countryfile programme has revealed that support for a ban on hunting with dogs in England and Wales has fallen from nearly two thirds of British adults to around half. The most recent question was asked in the context of a ban on hunting being due to come into force in England and Wales, subject to a legal challenge.
Nearly three in four people in Britain (72%) believe "people who support hunting would be wrong to carry on hunting in view of the new law", according to MORI research for The League Against Cruel Sports. Support for this view is at least 70% among all social class groups, and there is a clear majority throughout Great Britain. The survey also shows a majority (57%) believe the Hunting Act 'should remain in place, and hunting should not be allowed to re-start'.
MORI has recently conducted a survey for the RSPCA about exotic pets, to find out whether prospective buyers are given the right advice when considering the purchase of animals such as exotic birds, reptiles, crocodiles, terrapins, chipmunks, snakes, geckos, caimans, sugar gilders and parrots.
Animal welfare is a key factor for consumers when choosing which chicken to buy, according to new research from the MORI Social Research Institute. The survey, for the RSPCA, shows the most widespread concern is choosing which is healthiest to eat, with 48% saying this is most important.
MORI conducted a nationally-representative telephone survey of 1,000 adults aged 15+ between 14-16 November 2003. It found that most people — in each case — felt that deer hunting, hare hunting & coursing and fox hunting should not be legal (82%, 77% & 69% respectively).
