Protected by barbed wire – which did not prevent the drones of the L214 association from successfully filming them – hundreds of cages house beagles.

It is also because this breed of dog is renowned for its good character and its docility that the company Marshall BioResources (MBR) "breeds" it, here thousands of individuals, for experimental purposes.

"A Place of Suffering"

This establishment in Gannat (Allier), "one of the two French beagle dog farms that belongs to the MBR company", according to the municipal councilor of the Animalist Party in Grenoble (Isère), Sandra Krief, is regularly attacked by activists who demand its closure.

Cédric Villani, mathematician and deputy of Essonne, also protests: “It is a place of suffering where sensitive, intelligent beings are sacrificed.

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An opinion that Ivan Balansard, CNRS veterinarian does not share, who specifies that “these animals are followed by veterinarians and that some of them end up being put up for adoption”.

Virtuous or reprehensible, this system has led, in France and in 2019, to 1.9 million uses of animals (including nearly 4,900 dogs) for scientific purposes.

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