Third successful citizens’ petition calls for end to animal testing

A European Citizens’ Initiative urging the European Commission to draft legislation against medical experimentation on animals reached the threshold of one million signatures in October 2013, making it the third citizens’ petition to meet the deadline established by the European Commission of the 1 November 2013.

• Primary Source

European Citizens Initiative: Stop Vivisection http://www.stopvivisection.eu/

ESO: Background information: EU revises laws to better protect animals used in scientific experiments http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-eu-revises-laws-to-better-protect-animals-used-in-scientific-experiments/

ESO: Key Source: The European Citizens' Initiative http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-european-citizens-initiative/

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