The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) intends to travel forward with plans to conduct research on dogs – research that will result in the animals’ deaths – despite intense opposition,USA Today is reporting.
In VA research facilities in three cities – Milwaukee, Cleveland, and Richmond – scientists contrivance to conduct a series of tests that they hope will help veterans with spinal cord or breathing problems. The tests,however, are gruesome to characterize (more on that in a few paragraphs), and will all result in the animals being euthanized once the testing is completed.
The ControversyThe experiments had been going on for months before the public became aware of them,according to a September 2017 USA Today report. After an internal report revealed that the animals were dying in the course of the research, the VA promised to “tighten oversight” at the facilities where the experiments were being conducted.
Specifically, or the new regulations required VA veterinarians to get approval before conducting any research on animals.
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Source: inquisitr.com