Prosecutions under the Act could be made only with the approval of the Home Secretary, at the time Aretas Akers-Douglas, who was regarded as unsympathetic to the anti-vivisectionist cause.
Prosecutions under the Act could be made only with the approval of the Home Secretary Aretas Akers-Douglas. This was at the time. Douglas was regarded as unsympathetic to the anti-vivisectionist cause.