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Mauritius demo in Italy

Today the 5th of august we decided to join the W35 Day also in Milano, Italy. We decided to first visit the Mauritius consulate. We left some nice Gateway to Hell stickers around their reserved car place and gave leaflets to people sitting in the bar of this huge building where they have an office.

Nothing special, but tomorrow it's going to be a difficult day for them, since they will be called by some Tour Operators interested in knowing more about the horrible trade of monkeys from Mauritius to labs around the world .

Armed with english and italian leaflets and posters we entered the Hotelplan posh offices asking to speak with someone in charge. Hotelplan is a leading Tour Operator in Italy, the one wich is bringing the most tourists to Mauritius from here. We entered 2 different floors of offices leafletting and asking to speak with them, and they went a bit paranoid about activists browsing around their rooms.

We spoke to a manager and explained the issue, which he didn't know anything about even if he is directly in touch with Mauritius and often goes there. We told him about a global boycott and how tour Operators can help put pressure on the Mauritius governement, and how Thomas Cook is having protests and pressure in the UK for example. He said he would speak with the consulate and find out more, and ask also directly in Mauritius.