Let's close the Mézilles dog farm

For the attention of the Préfet de l’Yonne

The number of dogs being tested in France is on the increase, even though European legislation calls for animal experiments to be reduced and replaced by more reliable and less costly alternative methods.

Dogs are among the most protected animals in France, thanks to their status as pets. But what happens to other animals: monkeys, rabbits, hamsters, mice… on laboratory benches?

The “élevage des Souches” in Mézilles seems intent on regularizing the increase in its “carrying capacity” since, according to the information in the public inquiry, the limits have been largely exceeded. According to the figures available, this is already the country’s largest breeding facility supplying animal experimentation centers.

Breeding and experimentation, suffering upon suffering!

Bitches are considered “breeders”, their offspring are separated from them, and all are finally sold and sent live or dead, whole or in pieces (organs, blood…), by van several times a week to the laboratories. These highly social and sensitive beings have never known the warmth of a loving home.

Alongside the One Voice association, we are calling for the closure of this breeding farm for Beagle and Golden Retriever dogs destined for laboratories carrying out traumatic and painful experiments on them.