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Nonprofit calls WVU on allegedly
killing and abusing hundreds of animals
From WDTV.com, June 6, 2018
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. (WDTV) - Stop Animal Exploitation Now (SAEN), a
nonprofit watchdog group sent a letter to officials at West Virginia
University on Tuesday regarding alleged incidents of negligence within the
school's animal experimentation program.
According to the letter, it detailed multiple instances over the span of
several years. It stated that some research protocols were not followed
resulting in the deaths of animals.
The nonprofit called on the university for an independent investigation.
However, officials at the university say they have a committee to oversee
this and hired a private inspector.
"We're very serious about this and we know that the ability to use animals
in research is a privilege we have and we want to make sure we're
responsible and executing our duties with that," said Dr. Fred King, VP of
research at WVU.
"We want an independent investigation of system-wide failures in animal care
and negligence," said Michael Budkie, co-founder of SAEN.
The organization says they haven't received a response from the university.
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