86% of Italians are against vivisection

Italian activists are fighting terribly hard against vivisection, while their Senate is discussing some amendments to the European Directive 63/2010 which shall make vivisectors’ lives very difficult.



The vivisectors of the world look at Italy with fear



That the vivisectors are concerned about the amendment that could pass the Senate is not new. The various operations of Garattini and other vivisectors, advertising campaigns, press releases, all the evidence...

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And as we all write to Italian politicians against vivisection and reminding them that 86% of Italians wants to abolish it and that they have the popular sovereignty, so the vivisectors all over the world are writing to them in order to convince them not to amend the Directive!



Especially, the American Foundation for Biomedical Research not only has created an advertising campaign featuring huge posters in favor of vivisection, in which a rat tells a little girl: "Maybe one day I'll be able to save lives", but it is also urging its members and supporters to write to Italian politicians!



The the struggle to close down Green Hill



Green Hill, located in Montichiari (Brescia – Italy), breeds beagles destined to vivisection labs and is Europe’s biggest breeder of dogs for the research industry. This company is owned by an American corporation called Marshall BioResources.



More than 250 dogs each month are sold to animal labs. These dogs are born to suffer and die. The 5 sheds of this breeding farm house as many as 2500 adult dogs and numerous livers. A concentration camp for nonhuman animals made of sealed aseptic sheds with no outdoor spaces, fresh air and natural light.



On Saturday, April 28th, a pacific march on Green Hill took place with over 1,000 participants from across Italy, and an unaccounted number of beagles were rescued at the end of the protest. This action led to the arrest of 12 people, released after 48 hours and now pending trial.