Autopsie D’un Sacrifice (Autopsy of a Sacrifice)


Shortly before his death, anti-vivisection pioneer Hans Ruesch spoke briefly of a French documentary about vivisection that he hoped would eventually be made available. However, it was only after his death that we eventually got to see the film, after we received a box of his videos and reels of cine film thanks to the assistance of his son, Hans Ruesch Jr, in accordance with the wishes of his late father.

That film, made in 1981 by Allain Bougrain-Dubourg, is called Autopsie D’un Sacrifice, and the Hans Ruesch Centre is pleased at last to have secured the rights to screen it and distribute it to its members on DVD. The film now comes with the addition of English subtitles, although we can supply copies of it without the subtitles upon request.

Regrettably, the makers had no knowledge of, or interest in, the scientific arguments as to the invalidity and counter-productiveness of animal experimentation. Nevertheless, in our opinion the film remains very worthwhile inasmuch as it is a graphic account of what vivisection is all about, as well as giving insights into the mind of the vivisector; probably the reasons why Hans Ruesch endorsed the film, and why his CIVIS logo appears throughout. Because of this unfortunate omission the film will be distributed on DVD with the recent documentary Bad Medicine on the same disc.

For further information about the film, free membership to the HRC, and how you can secure your copy free of charge, please go to:

 http://www.vivisectionfraud.com/autopsy.html