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Beringia

(4,655 posts)
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 02:44 PM Nov 2013

Humane Society undercover investigation, experiments on Dogs, Georgia Regents University

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http://hsus.typepad.com/wayne/2013/11/hsus-undercover-gru-dog-lab-random-source-dealer.html

Wayne Pacelle, Humane Society
Nov 20, 2013

At a press conference this morning, my colleagues and I released the results of the latest HSUS undercover investigation – in this case, laboratory experiments on dogs and other animals at Georgia Regents University in Augusta, Ga. The focus of our investigation was on the use of dogs for unnecessary and terminal dental experiments. The dogs had been gathered and sold to the university by an unscrupulous random source Class B dog dealer.

The hound mixes our investigator saw in the laboratory looked strikingly similar to my dog Lily, and for that reason alone this investigation had special poignancy for me. The dogs there seemed so vulnerable and afraid, and it is a horrifying thought to imagine Lily in the hands of someone with the worst of intentions for her.

Our HSUS investigator spent three months at GRU taking care of dogs who underwent painful dental surgery. The dogs were acquired from Kenneth Schroeder – a random source Class B dealer who has been formally charged by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for violations of the Animal Welfare Act, including obtaining multiple dogs from illegal sources.

We have filed complaints with the USDA and the National Institutes of Health’s Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, calling on the agencies to investigate these issues and others observed during the investigation. We are calling on Georgia Regents to stop getting dogs from any random-source Class B dealers and to end dental experiments using animals.

Georgia Regents Undercover Footage



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Humane Society undercover investigation, experiments on Dogs, Georgia Regents University (Original Post) Beringia Nov 2013 OP
Shame shame shame Blue Owl Nov 2013 #1
I havw been following that story. RebelOne Nov 2013 #2
Glad to hear it Beringia Nov 2013 #3
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RebelOne

(30,947 posts)
2. I havw been following that story.
Thu Nov 21, 2013, 01:53 PM
Nov 2013

It's been on WSBTV for the past couple of days. Stuff like that fills me with outrage.

Beringia

(4,655 posts)
3. Glad to hear it
Thu Nov 21, 2013, 02:28 PM
Nov 2013

I was wondering if this story would get beyond some university personnel, or if the president of the university would hear about it. I tried to find a Georgia Univ. student discussion board to post it, but could not find one.

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