USDA Fines University of Texas Medical Branch

December 2012

After reviewing complaints filed by PETA based on internal documents obtained through an open-records request, the U.S. Department of Agriculture ordered the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston to pay more than $9,000 for egregious violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act—including failing to supply veterinary care to a sheep who had been used in experimental back surgery and could not stand up, adequate veterinary care to a goat who died on an operating table, and post-procedural pain relief to three sheep used in experimental surgeries.

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 Ingrid E. Newkirk

“Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights?” READ MORE

— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind