Melody MacDonald
Encyclopedia
Melody MacDonald is a British animal rights
activist, author and lobbyist. She is the director of the Animal Cruelty Investigation Group.
MacDonald is the author of Caught in the Act: The Feldberg Investigation (1994), which gave her account of gaining access to the laboratory of Professor Wilhelm Feldberg
at the National Institute for Medical Research laboratories in Mill Hill
, London. The investigation revealed that insufficient anaesthesia was being used on animals, which led the Home Office to revoke the researchers' licence.
Animal rights
Animal rights, also known as animal liberation, is the idea that the most basic interests of non-human animals should be afforded the same consideration as the similar interests of human beings...
activist, author and lobbyist. She is the director of the Animal Cruelty Investigation Group.
MacDonald is the author of Caught in the Act: The Feldberg Investigation (1994), which gave her account of gaining access to the laboratory of Professor Wilhelm Feldberg
Wilhelm Feldberg
Wilhelm Siegmund Feldberg CBE FRS was a German-British-Jewish physiologist and biologist.- Biography :...
at the National Institute for Medical Research laboratories in Mill Hill
Mill Hill
Mill Hill is a place in the London Borough of Barnet. It is a suburb situated 9 miles north west of Charing Cross. Mill Hill was in the historic county of Middlesex until it was absorbed by London...
, London. The investigation revealed that insufficient anaesthesia was being used on animals, which led the Home Office to revoke the researchers' licence.
Further reading
- MacDonald, Melody. Caught in the act: the Feldberg investigation, Jon Carpenter, 1994. ISBN 1-897766-05-X