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April 7, 2023
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Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382
Ann Arbor, Mich. – Please see the next assertion from PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo relating to simply launched federal paperwork that revealing 4 new critical animal welfare violations on the College of Michigan:
The animal experimentation oversight committee on the College of Michigan (U-M) must be fired and the animal laboratories closed. Rogue experimenters who reduce right into a pig’s throat with out approval, used expired anesthetics, and denied injured animals veterinary care reveal a damaged system that must be dismantled. U-M raked in additional than $644 million in public funds final 12 months, however it may’t even abide by essentially the most fundamental animal safety legal guidelines. Between 2018 and 2022, college employees killed practically 12,000 animals in 18 separate violations of federal animal welfare tips. U-M officers ought to act instantly to modernize the college’s analysis program and implement the simpler animal-free strategies outlined in PETA scientists’ Analysis Modernization Deal.
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