ACTION ALERT: Cats and Dogs are Being Tortured at the University of Utah

[Maggie Funkhouser]

According to a PETA investigator, who worked undercover inside the
laboratories of the University of Utah (UU) in Salt Lake City, dogs,
cats, monkeys, rats, mice, rabbits, frogs, cows, pigs, and sheep are
living in miserable, confined conditions before being subjected to
torturous experiments.

Thanks to the Utah state "pound-seizure" law, which requires
government-funded shelters to turn animals over to laboratories that
request them, permits schools, like UU, to purchase shelter animals
for a few dollars and then use them in invasive, painful experiments
before killing them (or they die).

PETA’s investigator documented several particular cases involving cats
and dogs. (WARNING: the following description is highly graphic) “A
pregnant cat pulled out of the Davis County animal shelter gave birth
to eight kittens the very day she arrived at UU's laboratories. When
the kittens were just 7 days old, a chemical was injected into their
brains to cause fluid to build up. After the surgery, the distressed
cat—who showed great affection for her kittens before they were taken
for the experiment—stopped nursing her babies, and they all died.” In
another experiment, “a cat named Robert, who was also bought from the
Davis County animal shelter, had a hole drilled into his skull and
electrodes attached to his brain, and dogs bought from a local shelter
had their necks cut open so that medical devices could be implanted
inside.”

Documentation of such “experiments” by the investigator also describes
in detail what UU does to countless other animals. “Mice and rats were
given enormous tumors and painful, deadly illnesses. Rats had holes
drilled into their skulls for invasive brain experiments. Monkeys were
kept constantly thirsty so that they would cooperate in experiments
for a sip of water. Sick and injured animals were denied veterinary
care and left to languish and die.”

ACR is asking our supporters to please be a voice for the animals
suffering at the University of Utah. Contact the University and tell
them to stop the experiments on homeless and unwanted animals, who
depend on shelters for care and safety. Also, please call on
administrators to release to the public, complete records on all the
animal-based experiments funded by tax dollars, including grant
proposals, experimental protocols, veterinary records, and minutes of
oversight committee meetings.

Contact Information:

Thomas N. Parks, Ph.D.
Vice President for Research
Professor, Neurobiology & Anatomy
Phone: (801) 581-7236
Email: thomas...@neuro.utah.edu
He is responsible for all research infrastructure, policies, and
compliance.
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