An explosive victory against the breeders of Mézilles!
Le tribunal de Dijon a tranché en notre faveur: la sordide exploitation de chiens destinés à l’expérimentation animale de Mézilles perd le droit de s’agrandir!
A round won in our showdown against the breeders of Mézilles! A Prefectural decree of Yonne which authorized the increase in the capacity of breeding and the exploitation of beagles and golden retrievers bred for animal experimentation has been cancelled! It’s a victory for the dogs! An explosive court decision, which is very heart-warming.
The
Prefectural decree of October 10th
2018 authorizing the Centre des Élevage du Domaine des Souches
(CEDS) (breeding dogs for experimentation) to exploit 3,200 dogs in
the town of Mézilles has been cancelled! The administrative court of
Dijon has decided following the hearing on June 27th,
in the legal case between One Voice, the Prefecture of Yonne and the Centre d’Elevage des Souches (CEDS) which “breeds” and supplies
Beagles and golden retrievers in the chain for animal
experimentation, the dogs are born for a lifetime of suffering.
Our actions have paid off!
If the Paris Court of Appeal had forbade us to use the information collected by a bailiff who was proving the suffering of these dogs,
the Dijon court on the contrary, found in our file ample material to
question that of the opposing parties… and pronounce the necessary
judgment!
We
have shown that breeding is rife in a non-regulatory framework and
accumulates lists of offenses: “reception capacity” largely
exceeded for a long time (including for puppies less than 4 months
old!), environmental nuisances (noise and water pollution) also the
owners’ inability to finance their appetite for expansion for more
dogs sold and less care given.
With
this procedure which proves us right, it was the massed citizen
mobilization for a more humane and more reliable science which wins
the day! The global trend is to decrease animal testing and explore
other research methods. No more livestock should grow on our soil! On
the contrary, they must close these centres one after the other.
A decisive round?
The
wind is turning! If this decision is likely to be challenged soon, we
are ready for the next confrontations to support these 1,500 dogs, bitches and puppies still detained in this establishment. And we will
not lower our guard until it has closed completely. Until then, let’s
rejoice that justice has penalized this bastion in field of
experimentation and therefore animal suffering in France!
Please
continue to sign our petition, to give even more weight to this
victory which is also yours.