Michael Festing is a British research scientist best known for his interest in animal testing.
[2] Most of Festing's career has been involved in promoting reduction of the numbers of animals used in research.
He is the father of Simon Festing, the former executive director of the Research Defence Society, which focuses on supplying information about, and defending, the use of animals in medical experiments in the UK.
Festing is the author of over 200 scientific papers on laboratory animal genetics and related issues.
He has a particular interest in improving the design of animal experiments, particularly in the area of toxicology testing.