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Grosseto. The first public meeting of the city committee took place on Monday 13 May at the Il Sole Foundation “No to the transfer of CeMiVet horses“.
Created to give voice to all citizens who believe the downsizing of the military veterinary center in via Castiglionese is unfair, the committee aims to keep alive one of the oldest structures in Maremma.
“The CeMiVet (also known as the ‘Quadruped Collection Centre’) was in fact established in 1870 and today it is the main equine breeding center of the Italian Army – we read in a note from the committee -. The CeMiVet of Grosseto, thanks to the highly qualified veterinary group and the present structure, is autonomous in the fertilization of the receiving mares, who are monitored and accompanied for all the months of gestation until giving birth, the foals are then not only raised, handled and tamed up to 3 years, to then be assigned to the Armed Forces for institutional representation and competitive sports duties”.
The center is also a resource which, as the promoters of the committee claim, “it gives impetus to the local economy and the development of the territory, it should therefore be valorised and not downsized or transferred elsewhere”.
The creation of the Committee was followed by other initiatives aimed at giving space and voice to citizens by encouraging public debate.
The committee’s Facebook page has been created, at the link https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559381445603you can also sign a petition on the change.org platform via the link https://chng.it/FykPQjkfhn
Between Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th May, in the entrance area on the Decathlon side of the Maremà shopping centre, the members of the committee will be present with an area equipped for information and collecting signatures.
