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Dr. Elizabeth GoldentyerAnimals rights complaint details dog deaths at Johns
Hopkins
From
WashingtonPost.com, August 13, 2019
An animal rights group has filed a federal complaint against Johns
Hopkins University researchers over a lab experiment in which nine dogs had
to be euthanized after spinal surgeries.
The Baltimore Sun reports that Stop Animal Exploitation Now wants the U.S.
Agriculture Department to impose fines of $10,000 per animal under the
Animal Welfare Act.
The group says Hopkins told the National Institutes of Health that it ended
the federally funded experiment to study gastrointestinal issues when some
dogs suffered acute paralysis.
Hopkins spokeswoman Kim Hoppe said the program rigorously complies with
animal welfare regulations, and that the remaining dogs were adopted.
Federal law requires animal testing of drugs for humans. The Sun reports
that almost 800,000 animals other than mice and rats are used in research
facilities each year.