From British Union for
the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV)
Stop kitten experiments at Cardiff University
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BUAV has discovered that shocking experiments on kittens have
taken place at Cardiff University.
Some kittens were raised in complete darkness while others were
deprived of the sight in one eye by having their eyelids sewn
shut. The kittens were then anaesthetised, artificially ventilated
and paralysed with a drug to prevent eye movements. They were then
subjected to highly invasive head surgery during which the skin
was cut away, the skull was opened and the brain was exposed for
recordings.
After various tests, all
the kittens were killed and parts of their brain removed for
analysis.
Sophisticated methods of
studying vision and the neurologic processes underlying it in
human beings already exist. Not only is this experiment inhumane,
it is unnecessary for human health.
Ricky Gervais has joined the BUAV in calling for an end to these
experiments: �I am appalled that kittens are being deprived of sight
in one eye by having their eyelids sewn shut. I thought sickening
experiments like these were a thing of the past. I support the BUAV in
calling for this research to be stopped.�
Please join us in calling for Cardiff University to end these
sickening eexperiments on kittens and cats.
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