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Stop UW Cruel Animal Abuse

Stop UW Cruel Animal Abuse

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Started by Anonymous 13 years, 7 months ago

For decades, experimenters at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) have been conducting cruel and useless taxpayer-funded “sound localization” studies in which cats have steel coils implanted in their eyes, holes drilled into their skulls, and electrodes implanted in their brains. Sometimes, cats used in this experiment have had their ears cut off or are intentionally deafened by having a toxic chemical applied to their inner ear. The cats are then deprived of food for several days in order to coerce them to look in the direction of sounds during experimental sessions in which their heads are immobilized by a bolt screwed into their skulls.

Experimenters have justified the use of 30 cats like Double Trouble per year in this cruel project not by saying that it would enhance human health but by stating that they needed to “keep up a productive publication record that ensures our constant funding.”

Shockingly, the federal government continues to support this irrelevant and deadly project and has provided UW with more than $3 million in grant money to abuse animals—even though researchers at other institutions around the world are already using modern methods with human volunteers to investigate how the brain locates and processes sound.

You can help our efforts by contacting the National Institutes of Health and urging the agency to cut funding for this crude and deadly project

If you aren'tafraidto be disturbed than google the images about this and see for yorself.

Updates

February 5, 2013

The stories coming out of these labs are horrific, but your signatures mean we have the leverage to force a real conversation with the funding agencies. Email the National Institutes of Health today to demand they pull the plug on these experiments. Post our link on Facebook and text three friends who care about animal welfare to keep the pressure on.

February 5, 2013

We hit a major milestone today and the pressure on the university is mounting. Now is the time to turn this energy into action so email your representative and demand they cut funding for these labs immediately.

6 Comments

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Jessica Navarro
13 years ago Featured

Poor cats. My heart breaks for them. This needs to end immediately.

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Tom Ward
13 years ago Featured

taxpayer money should never be used for this kind of evil. shut it down.

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Brian Gomez
13 years ago Featured

Disgusting. If they have to starve them to get results then the science is failing. End the abuse.

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Elena Harris
13 years ago Featured

So cruel. I cant even look at the pictures. Shame on UW for doing this for a pay check.

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Mike Gordon
13 years ago Featured

Absolutely barbaric. There are better ways to study hearing without torturing innocent animals. Pull the funding.

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Sarah Mwangi
13 years ago Featured

This makes me sick to my stomach. How can anyone think this is okay?? Stop the funding now!!

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