Posted on 03/07/2023 2:12:09 PM PST by CedarDave
A researcher using laboratory mice at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro has had his research privileges terminated after allegations surfaced that the rodents were not being cared for properly.
Concerns about the mouse colony, used as part of a federally funded cancer study, were first reported by a staff member in 2021 and only brought to light last week in a written complaint to New Mexico Tech President Stephen Wells from Michael A. Budkie, executive director of the animal rights organization Stop Animal Exploitation NOW!, or SAEN.
The complaint asked Wells to “take immediate action to correct serious abuses” regarding the animal research at the university, and that the university return the federal money used to fund the research.
In response, the university said the alleged abuse was reported, investigated and corrective action taken. It also acknowledged that there was enough evidence to substantiate the allegations.
In his complaint, Budkie reviewed specific abuses that reportedly occurred, including leaving mice without food or water, “some of whom resorted to cannibalism,” and allowing inexperienced personnel and undergraduate students to conduct surgical procedures on living mice without supervision.
The incidents of alleged abuse and neglect, as well as violations of protocol and record keeping, all occurred in 2021.
The university had filed the paperwork with the federal government because the animal research was federally funded, and for labs to be eligible for that funding they must show that the care provided to animals is in compliance with federal standards, Budkie said.
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They REALLY don’t want to know what I do with mice colonies!
he should have used humans
then he would be fine
Yet they likely support and pay for abortions.
He should’ve used unborn babies.
ya’ll beat me to it
then he would be fine
Or white mice.
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