The National Institutes of Health defended a grant awarded to a study experimenting on 2-month-old kittens after the agency promised to “phase out” dog and cat testing.
While anti-animal testing groups condemn “deadly” dog and cat studies as morally wrong, the NIH defended certain experiments as “well-justified and responsible.”
One of the studies funded by the NIH involves kittens being euthanized after researchers study the effects of a procedure in which surgeons separate the sedated cat’s ribs, cut near their hearts, and place a band around their aorta.
The NIH said the kitten study is a “well-justified and responsible use of animal models” that boosts animal and human health. It also said “scientists are treating cats naturally affected by the disease.”
“NIH is supporting research on a promising new
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