Scene 1 (March 30, 2002)
Researcher: Dieleman. This nude rat, #140503, came into UNC on August 11, 2001. The weekend of March 23, 2002, a health-check card was placed on his cage indicating that the animal had an “eye problem.” The rat was emaciated and debilitated when this photo was taken one week later on March 30. PETA’s investigator reported the animal to a veterinarian on Saturday, March 30, who said that he would contact the researcher. There were no notations on the health card indicating that the animal had ever received treatment.
Scene 2 (March 30, 2002)
Researcher: Koller. This scene shows a pair of sick mice, a mouse with a bad leg, and a dying mouse.
Scene 3 (March 26, 2002)
Researcher: Morrow. Weanling mice #169984 recommended for euthanasia and separation are still alive and in very poor condition. The researcher did not want to separate or euthanize them despite their condition. One of these mice is shown dying in Scene 10.
Scene 4 (March 30, 2002)
Researcher: Samulski. This mouse has an enlarged and inflamed anal region. He was supposed to have been used by February 23, 2002, but was still alive on March 30, 2002.
Scene 5 (December 7, 2001)
Researcher: Crews. PETA’s investigator noted in her log that many of the ethanol rats had the same problem with their eyes, which were surrounded by thick black goop. Other ethanol rats had bloody noses.
Scene 6 (December 18, 2001)
Researcher: Breese. Rat #122889 has an exceptionally large tumor or abscess on the upper underside, which was first reported on December 3, 2001, and again on December 18, 2001. The researcher’s assistant said that they would euthanize the rat on December 19, 2001. The animal was not euthanized until December 28, 2001. This same animal can be seen on videotape taken December 12, 2001.
Scene 7 (January 4, 2002)
Researcher: Breese. This rat, #150724, was first reported with a large tumor on the genital area on December 17, 2001, and again on December 28, 2001. The animal was not euthanized until January 8, 2002.
Scene 8 (January 6 and 7, 2002)
Researcher: Cance. The large implants in these nude mice are breaking through their skin.
Scene 9 (December 4, 2001)
Researcher: Crews. Unresponsive rat used in ethanol experiments.
Scene 10 (March 27, 2002)
Researcher: Morrow. This weaning mouse, #169984, was supposed to have been separated on March 22, 2002, and was recommended for euthanasia on March 25, 2002. Neither action was taken by the researcher. In this scene, he is shown dying in the cage.
Scene 11 (December 12, 2001)
Researcher: Barker. Five mice who had been gassed are found alive in the dead-animal cooler. PETA’s investigator speaks with her supervisor as they gas the animals again, asking him if people can be required to check for pulses. (See transcript.)
Scene 12 (January 14, 2002)
PETA’s investigator found eight live mice in with dead biohazard animals in the dead-animal cooler. The mice were eating the body of a decapitated rat.
Scene 13 (February 17, 2002)
Researcher: Samulski. In this scene, a veterinary technician explains how the researcher’s lab lied about euthanizing a mouse and deceived the animal care staff by relocating the animal and changing the cage card. The vet tech was told by the researcher that mouse #115352 had been euthanized on January 2, 2002. The vet tech found the animal and euthanized him on February 17, 2002.
Scene 14 (January 16, 2002)
Researcher: Sulik. In this scene, a researcher’s assistant complains about the dereliction of the veterinary staff in preparing a pathology report on mice whom PETA’s investigator reported as sick on November 20, 2001. Originally, the investigator was faulted for reporting “too many” sick animals in this room. On February 13, 2002, the investigator took two IACUC members into the room and showed them the records and the sick animals. The following day, the investigator was authorized to kill 30 of the mice, but the other animals in the room did not start receiving antibiotic treatment for the disease until March 18, 2002.
Scenes 15 & 16 (January 5, 2002)
Researcher: Breese. PETA’s investigator reported this paralyzed rat to the head veterinarian, Dr. Bellinger, on two consecutive days. Bellinger said that the rat would have to “hang in there.” The rat was found dead in his cage on the Monday following the first report to the vet (Friday). This scene includes the investigator’s conversation with members of the IACUC about the events leading to the rat’s death.
Scenes 17 & 18 (March 30 and 31, 2002)
Researcher: Chao. Veterinarian Dr. Trasti examines mouse #172960, who is in very poor condition (impacted), and concedes that he is not doing well and probably won’t make it, but he does not euthanize the animal. The mouse was dead in his cage the following day.
Scene 19 (January 28, 2002)
Researcher: Crews. In this scene, which is transcribed on the following page, a researcher, Jian Zou, uses scissors to cut off the heads of young rats without putting them on ice for four minutes, as required by the IACUC. He complains about the IACUC and says that he just tells the “committee” what it wants to hear. (See transcript.)
Scene 20 (February 20, 2002)
Researcher: Morrow. A research assistant gets common kitchen scissors caught on a mouse’s ear tag as he cuts off her head and therefore has to make several cuts through the animal’s neck.
Scenes 21 & 22 (December 17, 2001, and January 11, 2002)
Researcher: Morrow. An assistant uses a guillotine to kill rats.
Scene 23 (January 18, 2002)
Researcher: McCown. This rat’s brain implant is hooked up by wires to induce seizure. The rat flails and smashes against the inside of a bucket.
Scene 24 (February 16, 2002)
This scene shows a conversation between the investigator and her supervisor several days after the investigator filed an official complaint with the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) about the treatment of animals in the laboratory. PETA’s investigator filed complaints with the IACUC and upper management within the laboratory in February, March, and April 2002. (See transcript.)
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