Exposing the truth to wipe out animal experimentation
Rare Graphic Photos from Inside University of Washington Research Laboratory Released Monday by Watchdog; UW Whistleblower Complaint Details Also Revealed
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Rare Graphic Photos from Inside University of Washington Research Laboratory Released Monday by Watchdog; UW Whistleblower Complaint Details Also Revealed
SEATTLE, WA – Rarely seen graphic photographs from inside embattled
University of Washington research laboratories are being released to the
public for the first time today by a non-governmental watchdog group that
monitors the nation's research facilities for wrongdoing.
Longtime Ohio-based watchdog group SAEN said it's releasing the photos to
better educate the public of the realities of death and abuse within UW
laboratories. https://saenonline.org/wa/res-fr-wa-uws-images-20170331.html
SAEN said it is also making public other internal UW documents, including
new information about a UW whistleblower complaint exposing intentional
research negligence, and additional records which reveal the deaths of
another 16 animals: http://www.saenonline.org/res-fr-wa-uws-ltr-20170329.pdf
SAEN is now urging UW President Ana Mari Cauce – as outlined in an 18-page
letter – for an independent probe of what the group calls research
malfeasance, and a halt to construction of a controversial new UW research
laboratory.
SAEN said documents it has received reveal an anonymous complaint filed at
the UW disclosed excessive blood draws and procedures on monkeys, one of
whom was already known to be anemic. The illegal procedures endangered Zika
virus research, and UW records disclose that the researcher was sent a
'Letter of Reprimand' by UW administration, as was a veterinarian associated
with the Primate Center.
Additional UW correspondence discloses at least 10 other incidents of
negligence which killed animals because of, among other things, dehydration
and starvation. Apparently, at least 16 more animals have also died because
of UW negligence.
"The University of Washington has no business building a new laboratory,"
said Michael A. Budkie, A.H.T., SAEN (Stop Animal Exploitation NOW!)
co-founder. "The UW is utterly incapable of adequately caring for the
animals already in its possession. Why should the UW be given more animals
to kill accidentally and more federal funding to waste on research that may
not even be published because of research malfeasance."
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See also:
- SAEN Calls for Independent Investigation of University of Washington in Letter to Ana Mari Cauce, UW President
- Primate Post Mortem and Brain Surgery Photos - Infant and Adult
- University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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