Barbara Stagno, CAARE Citizens for Alternatives to Animal Research and
Experimentation
November 2017
When CAARE learned about these experiments, we fired off a letter to MU describing the many ways this research could have – and should have – been conducted without harming and killing dogs, or any animals. We followed that with an Action Alert asking people to contact MU, which generated many thousands of your letters.
CAARE has learned that the University of Missouri (MU) has permanently ended egregious experiments on young beagles that inflicted wounds and chemical burns to their eyes. After the experiments, the dogs were needlessly killed.
The news came as the media reported on CAARE’s complaint to the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA), charging that the university had failed to
consider alternatives to painful experiments on animals, as required by
federal law.
When CAARE learned about these experiments, we fired off a letter to MU
describing the many ways this research could have – and should have – been
conducted without harming and killing dogs, or any animals. We followed that
with an Action Alert asking people to contact MU, which generated many
thousands of your letters.
We are grateful to all our supporters who contacted MU demanding an end to
the experiments, and to the Beagle Freedom Project for their diligent work
in investigating and initially exposing these terrible experiments to the
public.
After CAARE’s Freedom of Information request showed that the university
had failed to conduct a proper search for alternatives, as mandated by the
Animal Welfare Act, we filed a complaint with the USDA requesting that they
impose appropriate penalties on MU.
The University of Missouri has now confirmed in an email to CAARE that these
experiments have ended, with no plans to resume them on dogs or other
animals.
This is a wonderful victory demonstrating how animal experiments can be
replaced by superior methods, but there is so much more to be done. Far too
many millions of animals are senselessly abused and killed in experiments.
Your support can provide CAARE with the resources to investigate more
experiments, and inform how they can be replaced humane, non-animal methods.
The beagles at MU did not have to suffer, and they certainly did not have to
die. They were just puppies – bred solely for research. They never knew the
comfort of a loving home. Their story is a tragedy that should never have
happened.
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