The pressure was great; the Government did the right thing.
We now join the European Union, Norway, Israel and India, and give a nod to Australia where such legislation is under consideration.
This move follows last year's success for animal groups in stopping the testing of "legal high" party pills on animals (they had, of course, previously been tested on our youth), and shows that concerted grass-roots campaigns can make a difference.
The next target will be imported make-up that has been subject to animal testing and, having flexed their muscles, lobby groups will no doubt re-focus their efforts on our farming industry which has some good, and some shockingly bad, animal practices.
Over in Oz, the frontline may return to West Australia's shark cull, which is a PR exercise on behalf of the tourist industry and flies in the face of scientific and conservationist evidence, preferring to play on the fears of a threat from these creatures - a threat that is largely the creation of popular mythology.