Animal Liberation Malta held a demonstration on Saturday in Valletta to protest against the cruel and unnecessary practice of animal testing and to mark the world day for laboratory animals, celebrated on Monday 24 April.

The Anti Vivisection March, which saw activists march from St. Georges Square to Triton Fountain, was part of an international action to raise awareness for laboratory animals, coordinated by the Toronto Anti-Vivisection Alliance, the activists said in a statement.

Activists in Malta joined those across the world to demand an immediate stop to these disturbing practices, chanting during their march:

''It's not Science, It is Violence'', '' Stop Animal Testing, Right now'', ''You buy, they cry''

Each year, across the EU, millions of animals are tortured and bred to be used in painful, long experiments that produce unreliable results and which can be avoided since there are valid non-animal testing alternatives available.

These animals include cats, dogs, pigs and monkeys, that are caged, infected with debilitating diseases, surgically mutilated and subjected to many other tortuous experiments.
This cruelty continues to take place even though scientists are already using methods of studying diseases and testing products that do not involve the use of animals and are actually more relevant to human health.