A judicial review has been launched against the Home Office's controversial decision to allow a facility which breeds beagles for research to be built in Yorkshire.
Cruelty Free International launched the review in a bid to stop thousands of puppies being bred by B&K Universal Ltd (B&K Ltd) and used in laboratory experiments. B&K Ltd is owned by US multinational animal supplier Marshall BioResource.
Hundreds of thousands of people opposed the plans, which were originally turned down by the local council in 2013, but overturned by Communities Secretary Greg Clark in July this year.