Examples of use of RDS
1. Simon Festing, executive director of the pro–vivisection lobby group RDS (formerly the Research Defence Society), said that the new register had been tough to produce.
2. The declaration, drawn up by the Research Defence Society (RDS), said a small but vital part of work into new medicines involved the use of animals.
3. What these students are doing displays an immense amount of courage." Simon Festing, director of RDS, formerly the Research Defence Society, agrees.
4. "It shows the strength and depth of support for humane animal research in this country," said RDS Executive Director Simon Festing.
5. The RDS declaration comes 15 years after a similar pledge supporting animal research by the British Association for the Advancement of Science.