ACTION ALERT:
Contact:
Dr. Robert Gibbens
Director, Western Region, USDA
(970) 494-7478
[email protected]
[email protected]
SAMPLE MESSAGE:
Please levy the MAXIMUM FINE against Oregon Health & Science University for
their blatant disregard of the Animal Welfare Act when their negligence
killed five voles and botched a ferret surgery. Their behavior should NOT be
tolerated and MUST be punished to the fullest extent of the law.
OHSU Cited For Animal Research
From KXL.com, February 23, 2020
Federal inspectors have cited OHSU for violating animal welfare laws
after five prairie voles died of thirst.
The Oregonian reported that the U.S.D.A also cited the university after a
person risked contaminating surgical tools while probing a ferret’s brain
with an electrode.
The violations come after inspectors performed a routine inspection of the
university’s animal research facilities in Portland.
Two anti-animal research groups have urged the federal government to put an
end to the university’s work.