Victory! University of Utah Stops Tormenting Shelter Dogs and Cats in Labs!‏

Sheena, a mutt who was rescued from the University of Utah labs with PETA's help

Thanks to more than 100,000 compassionate people who took part in our campaign, the University of Utah (the U) has announced that it will no longer purchase dogs and cats from the North Utah Valley Animal Shelter (NUVAS)―or any other animal shelter—for use in cruel and deadly experiments! This huge victory for animals marks the end of "pound seizure" in the state of Utah.

PETA's shocking investigation at the U gave the public a first-hand look at what happened to these unfortunate animals and has prompted a monumental change in the treatment of animals in Utah. For decades, the U had purchased hundreds of lost, abandoned, and stray cats and dogs from shelters only to torment them in experiments in which they were cut open, drilled into, injected with chemicals, otherwise abused, and killed. Soon after we broke our case, the shelter selling the most animals to the school ended the practice and Utah legislators amended state law so that government-run animal shelters could choose not to sell animals for experimentation.

NUVAS was the only shelter in the state that still sold animals to labritories, until now.

The U's decision on pound seziure also appears to have led it to find more humane research methods. Instead of repeatedly forcing tubes down shelter cats' throats in a cruel and crude intubation training course, the scheduled animal labratory was recently canceled after PETA protests, and modern stimulators of human infants were used instead.

Please take another step to help animals by urging the University of Michigan to stop tormenting cats and killing pigs.
Thanks for speaking up for animals in labs!

Ryan Huling
 Assistant Manager of College Campaigns
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