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October 26, 2021
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Iowa Metropolis, Iowa – Please see the assertion from Dr. Alka Chandna, PhD, PETA Vice President of Laboratory Investigations Instances, regarding U.S. Division of Agriculture paperwork displaying that the College of Iowa was cited for crucial violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act:
The College of Iowa must get out of the animal-experimentation enterprise. Just-released government documents obtained by PETA reveal that the college was cited for crucial violations of federal animal welfare legal guidelines for obscene neglect ensuing within the demise of child ferrets. In a single incident, a ferret package’s leg turned caught in a cage. The animal sustained a bone fracture and was euthanized. In one other incident, a pregnant ferret was left in a cage inappropriate for pregnant females. Two of her kits had been discovered useless on this enclosure. Two extra kits from this feminine had been later discovered useless, even after she had been moved to an acceptable enclosure—though the reason for demise was not decided. Ferrets are recognized to be clever, delicate, and empathetic, however the identical can’t be mentioned of the employees within the College of Iowa’s laboratory.
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