A ZOOLOGIST striving to improve the welfare of rodents in laboratories has been given an RSPCA honour for his work.
Dr Manuel Berdoy was granted the Sir Patrick Moore award for outstanding contributions to the understanding of lab rodent behaviour, and reducing the numbers of animals used in experiments through better design and statistical analysis. The award is named after the former astronomer and honorary vice-president of the RSPCA.
Dr Berdoy said: "'The RSPCA has had, and continues to have, an important role in this delicate but essential topic.
"Thus I am particularly touched by the fact that this award links in some way, and rather uniquely, animal experimentation and animal welfare efforts."
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