Animals in Labs Article from All-Creatures.org

Veterans Affairs' Cat Experiments Stopped After Outcry

From UnchainedTV and White Coat Waste Project
November 2022

Many experiments conducted on animals in the U.S. are paid for by taxpayers because they are either conducted in government facilities or take place in universities financed by government grants. One of them was the cat lab funded by the VA in Louisville, where, for many years, scientists tried to simulate soldiers’ injuries by injuring cats in their brains to see how that affects them.

Vivisectors damaged cats' spines and forced disabled cats to navigate obstacle courses.

The anti-vivisection animal protection organization White Coat Waste Project (WCW) has announced that the controversial cat lab at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in Louisville, Kentucky will stop animal experimentation. After an outcry from the public and some members of Congress, it will no longer carry on with its infamous de-braining experiments on cats.

Many experiments conducted on animals in the U.S. are paid for by taxpayers because they are either conducted in government facilities or take place in universities financed by government grants. One of them was the cat lab funded by the VA in Louisville, where, for many years, scientists tried to simulate soldiers’ injuries by injuring cats in their brains to see how that affects them. This cat lab has now ceased to exist.

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