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For immediate release:
March 31, 2021
Contact:
Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382
College Station, Texas – PETA just received records from Texas A&M University saying that a German shorthaired pointer named Ned, who was bred in the laboratory to suffer from painful canine muscular dystrophy (MD) and was used in experiments, had recently died five months earlier its 10th birthday.
Twenty dogs from the Texas A&M Dog Lab – nine of which are MD and 11 are healthy as they carry only the MD gene – remain in the school’s labs, but although the school completed its PETA pressurized breeding program, it refused to accept these dogs. PETA is urging the university and the Board of Trustees to bring the case to its logical conclusion by closing the lab and releasing the remaining dogs for adoption.
“In 2017, PETA began offering to take Ned and other dogs and give them a real home for the rest of the time,” says PETA Senior Vice President Katy Guillermo. “Texas A&M would seem to rather watch these dogs die in misery than admit that PETA offers a real solution.”
Ned never lived anywhere other than a laboratory, and when the canine medical doctor attacked his body, he lost what little control he had over his life. Dogs diagnosed with MD have difficulty walking, swallowing or even breathing, and at the age of one year, Ned was already losing weight. Over the years, he lost flexibility and mobility – all the time he was subjected to repeated experiments and muscle biopsies.
In June 2020, Ned had increased mobility problems, and by October he was cold and needed help while standing. In January 2021, he was in such intense pain that he was put to sleep.
PETA, whose motto is in part that “animals are not ours to experiment on” – opposes arrogance, a worldview focused on human excellence. For more information please visit PETA.org or subscribe to the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram…
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