PETA Reveals Secret Animal Care Violations At Cleveland Clinic

For immediate release:
August 30, 2021

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Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382

Cleveland – PETA just received incriminating federal filings showing that while the Cleveland Clinic publicly denied employee negligence and animal suffering documented in PETA’s six-month covert investigation, it privately reported multiple other violations of federal animal welfare guidelines to the National Institutes of Health. Health (NIH).

This is among the incidents documented between 2018 and 2021: workers placed mice in “overcrowded” cages, which can cause fatal contractions among stressed animals, and experimenters have repeatedly deviated from approved protocols, including by infecting and injecting mice with bacteria tumor cells. by applying depilatories to the skin, causing lesions, and cutting off the ends of their tails without adequate pain relief.

In a letter sent this morning, PETA is urging NIH Director of Laboratory Animal Welfare Patricia Brown to withdraw the Public Health Animal Welfare Guarantee given to the Cleveland Clinic, without which it cannot receive NIH funding. The agency provided the Cleveland Clinic with nearly $ 397 million in taxpayer funds from 2018 to 2021. alone…

“These reports demonstrate a culture of indifference at the Cleveland Clinic, where experimenters apparently can’t even bother giving the mice food and water,” says PETA vice president Dr. Alka Chandna. PETA urges the NIH to stop throwing taxpayer dollars down the drain in this sloppy, soulless establishment.

PETA notes that NIH policy requires grant recipients to comply with federal animal welfare laws and Guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animalswhich the Cleveland Clinic apparently ignored.

According to a 2018 Pew Research Center poll, most Americans oppose any kind of animal experimentation. Research shows that a staggering 90% of basic research, most of it involving animals and the types of work done at the Cleveland Clinic, does not lead to treatment for humans.

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 on collecting news and reporting on PETA investigations visit PETA.org or subscribe to the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram…