At a laboratory at Johns Hopkins University (JHU), experimenter Shreesh Mysore cuts into barn owls’ skulls, screws metal devices onto their heads, restrains the birds, and bombards them with noises and lights for hours—and pretends that doing this will tell us something about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in humans.
This owl is one of many imprisoned in Shreesh Mysore’s laboratory, where he cuts into their skulls and screws metal devices onto their heads in curiosity-driven experiments that have no relevance for human health.
PETA is asking you to help end this atrocity masquerading as science.
If you’re one of the millions who have been diagnosed with ADHD or other attention-deficit disorders, please take a photo of yourself holding a sign (or a message on a laptop or tablet) that reads in large, bold letters, “Talk to me. Stop torturing owls.” Please e-mail your photo to [email protected] with “JHU” in the subject line.
We’ll use these photos to send a powerful message to JHU that animals shouldn’t be tormented in your name and that the school should adopt animal-free, human-relevant research methods.
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