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Research on dogs: a Catch-22 for animal welfare advocates

October 25th, 2012 1 Comment

Dog breedingDuring the summer an Italian court ordered the temporary closure of one of Europe’s biggest dog breeding companies.

After an intense campaign by policymakers and animal rights groups, the Green Hill animal breeding firm closed its doors, having handed more than 2,500 dogs over to animal rights campaigners in line with the court ruling.

Activists – and plenty of ordinary tweeters who just love dogs – celebrated. If you almost never give much thought to animal research, a headline about dogs in Italy being saved rather than sacrificed looks like good news.

But could the Green Hill story prove to be a pyrrhic victory for animal rights campaigners?

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