ACTION ALERT:
Contact the USDA to Demand a Maximum FINE against Washington State University:
Dr. Robert Gibbens
Director, Western Region, USDA
(970) 494-7478
[email protected]
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SAMPLE MESSAGE:
Please levy the MAXIMUM FINE against Washington State University for their blatant disregard of the Animal Welfare Act when their negligence killed bears and sheep. Their negligence in allowing staff to fatally overdose bighorn sheep and also in allowing bears to become seriously debilitated should NOT be tolerated and MUST be punished to the fullest extent of the law.
More details about animal research
incidents at WSU that are getting attention from a national animal rights
group
By
PullmanRadio.com, June 3, 2016
A national animal rights group has filed a federal complaint
against Washington State University over what they call a “bungling lab”.
Stop Animal Exploitation Now announced Thursday that they have filed the
complaint based on a new federal report. The group is referring to documents
related to a routine inspection from the USDA which noted the previously
announced deaths of two bears at WSU.
The inspection did reveal another notable animal research mistake at WSU
involving the drug overdosing of 3 bighorn sheep. That incident occurred in
March when a graduate student on his or her on accord against university
policy and without approval decided to increase the dosage of a steroid 50
fold. The student theorized that stronger steroid might increase the
effectiveness of a vaccine that was being researched on the sheep. The sheep
were not harmed by the overdose. The student who conducted the study has
graduated and the professor who oversaw that student has retired.
WSU had previously announced the bear deaths which occurred in 2010 when two
cubs health deteriorated while they were hibernating in a culvert. The bears
had to be put down. WSU’s own investigation found ineffective monitoring of
the bears was a major issue. A camera recorded the bears so researchers
could see how they were doing. The resolution on the camera was poor and it
did not provide a real time feed for researchers. Those issues have since
been corrected.
The animal rights group out of Cincinnati is asking the USDA to fine WSU the
maximum 10,000 dollars per infraction per animal. That would total a 50,000
dollar fine against WSU.
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