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Animal-Rights Group Alleges Abuses by UCLA Researchers
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Please LEVY a MAXIMUM FINE against University of California, Los Angeles for their blatant disregard of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) when they literally set a rabbit on fire, killed two sea lions, broke the legs of gerbils, and injured many more animals. Their behavior must NOT be tolerated & MUST be punished to the fullest extent of the law.
Animal-Rights Group Alleges Abuses by UCLA Researchers
By Darsha Phillips,
ABC7.com, April 26, 2016
WESTWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- An animal-rights group is alleging that
UCLA researchers have engaged in negligent and abusive treatment of animals
for research.
Stop Animal Exploitation Now said records released by UCLA in response to a
lawsuit from the group detail incidents of what SAEN thinks are illegal
research practices.
The reports document an anesthetized rabbit that was accidentally set on
fire, two sea lions that died during field sampling, animals with broken
bones and at least a half a dozen other infractions that SAEN says violate
the federal Animal Welfare Act.
"When they are looked at as objects, the needs of the animals are
essentially ignored," said SAEN founder Michael Budkie.
SAEN filed a complaint with the USDA demanding that UCLA be fined $10,000
for each infraction that led to the negligent injury or death of an animal.
UCLA released this statement in response: "All incidents included in the
public records request filed by SAEN were thoroughly investigated by federal
regulators, who issued no citations or fines and determined that researchers
were not out of compliance with policies."
The school also provided a letter from the USDA detailing a routine
inspection in March of this year that found no non-compliance items.
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