Plenty of laboratories do let the public in to view them, but in many cases this is simple not practical due to the strick hygine regulations that apply to the labs (particularly SPF facilities). After all you wouldn’t just let people tour operating rooms in hospitals without being very careful that their presence will not be a rick to the patient, the same applies to many labs. In addition of course scientists have reasonable concern that activists may misrepresent what they see in the labs, Budkie is not the only AR activist who is adept at this.

I’m not saying that nothing ever goes wrong in animal labs, just as in hospitals there are cases where individuals or institutions fail to meet the standards expected from them, that is why the various regulatory bodies record such failures and the actions taken to correct them, but the kind of misrepresentation that Budkie engages in is far, far more dishonest than anything the labs he targets have ever done.

And as for your claim of scientists improperly pocketing grant money, I suspect any scientist reading it will be quietly laughing at your naive ignorance.

* “watchdog groups” are a favourite tactic of many anti-science groups.

http://scienceblogs.com/erv/2010/10/the_worst_idea_this_side_of_yo.php

http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2010/10/november_1-6_to_be_vaccine_awareness_wee.php