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Hello everyone,

pleased to disclose this press release, on a matter of days ago which had been discussed on several local and national media, but on which we have launched a protest because 'we decided to act directly and effectively to legal action.

AgireOra Network

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[PRESS RELEASE]
AFTER NOTICE OF AgireOra NETWORK,
SCHOOL IN TRENTINO STATES
THAT will not make 'EXPERIMENTS
TEACHING ON ANIMALS IN CLASS.
February 8, 2010

Have gained from the local newspapers that De Gasperi Institute of Borgo di Levico (TN) a science teacher wanted to play an educational experiment dissection of a rabbit, AgireOra Network Law Firm Fenoglio instructed to send a warning to the principal Institute pointing out that such activity is effectively banned under Italian law, and in any case that the school and the teacher involved should have been in possession of appropriate permits issued by the Ministry of Health.

The head teacher responded to the warning in a letter dated 2 February in which it undertakes to enforce the law and not to play in the school experiments of this type, declaring that "no science professor at the Institute has carried out educational experiments using animals and that in the future does not intend to undertake experiments of this kind. "

"All-clear, so for now" raised the state coordinators AgireOra Network, "but it's always important to be vigilant about this, and nip in the bud, acting on legal action, the resolutions of this type that arise from a lack of sensitivity over that knowledge of the legislation. It 'is particularly important to act in such cases because the boys do not consider' normal 'to use an animal as if it were available to them, a tool, a' living object 'as the proponents of vivisection like to say .

According AgireOra Network, in cases like this more than the discussions and debates, is the application of the law that may be effective in defending animals. "There are so few cases in which the law allows it to act on animal protection, which is entirely appropriate to use at least in these situations to stop immediately any action against the animals."

This kind of animal testing can be done in Italy, the law is clear: according to law 116/1992, you can use animals in experiments teaching only 'notwithstanding' and the explicit prior permission of the Ministry. Authorization which could not however be given, because there are always alternative methods of study that do not involve the use of animals, in particular for the experimental teaching. Reads the law 116: "Notwithstanding art. 3, paragraph 1, the Minister of Health authorized the experiments with single educational purposes only in case of imperative necessity and it is not possible to use other systems showed."

Furthermore, the circular of 14 May 2001 n. 6, Implementation of Law 116, on this point explicit: "the objectives set out above in paragraphs af apply particularly well to the use of animals for educational purposes, governed by paragraph 3 of Article 8 of Legislative Decree no. To the point. Therefore, it sees a need to insist on the need 'that any request to use animals for teaching purposes should be preceded by careful and well-documented literature search, with regard to alternative methods, conducted by the Institute concerned and based on the most' modern communication systems including 'Internet'. "

The professor involved in the case had told the newspaper L'Adige on 20 January, on this move: "I read it, but I disagree on some points." But the law should not apply only if you agree, shall apply and just, especially in those few cases in which defends those who can not defend themselves - the animals.

Conclude coordinators AgireOra Network: "Wanting to teach children that an animal is not a living being to be respected but something that we can use at will is very serious. We are relieved that in this case the teaching laboratory - illegal - has been avoided and We invite anyone who becomes aware of situations like that in high school, lower, or primary, signal.

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Blocked attempt to animal testing in school