PETA Statement: Flimsy Oversight, Neglect Lead to Hamster Deaths at the University of Massachusetts Medical School
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October 26, 2021
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Amanda Hays 202-483-7382
Worcester, Mass. – Please see the next assertion from Dr. Alka Chandna, PhD, PETA Vice President of Laboratory Investigations Instances regarding U.S. Department of Agriculture documents displaying that the College of Massachusetts Chan Medical Faculty was cited for important violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act:
One thing is rotten within the College of Massachusetts Chan Medical Faculty’s animal laboratories. Simply-released authorities paperwork obtained by PETA reveal that the college was cited for important violations of federal animal welfare legal guidelines for obscene neglect ensuing within the demise of hamsters. It seems that insufficient oversight of an experiment on hamsters resulted in an “unanticipated end result.” Experimenters euthanized a few of the hamsters—however later that day, it was found that three hamsters had been left behind. Two had died, and the third was then euthanized. Hamsters are identified to be clever, delicate, and meticulous of their consideration to element, however the identical can’t be mentioned about UMass experimenters.
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