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Post by Mel Mel on Jun 1, 2007 5:23:17 GMT
An animal rights group is asking that a University of Colorado Denver Health Sciences Center researcher stop his experiments with cats because they were not anesthetized properly before undergoing surgery. "We're calling on President (Hank) Brown to stop the experiments and fire the committee for allowing cats to suffer needlessly," said Bruce Friedrich, vice president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, at a press conference Tuesday.
At issue is the use of chloralose, a drug used by researcher Moshe Solomonow of the orthopedic bioengineering division at CU, to knock out cats before testing how their back muscles react to repetitive stress.
A whistleblower had approached PETA this year with a report and video footage of cats that were conscious before undergoing surgery to the spine at the center. ...continued... www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5539038,00.html
This is so horrible... I can't imagine how painful it must be to be put through surgery to the spine while conscious...
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Post by wowposter on Nov 14, 2008 4:38:59 GMT
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Post by wowposter on Nov 17, 2008 11:36:10 GMT
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