Classes Begin--Bad News for Students and Animals September 3, 2009

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Yes, it's that dreaded time of the year again. The pools are starting to close, and the commercials are running 24/7 advertising 10-cent file folders. Classes are back in session.

Of course, as unbearable as those commercials are, it hardly compares to the abuse animals will face at the hands of researchers and professors armed with scalpels and needles.

Take these three examples:

• At Marquette University, instructors bash the heads of turtles with hammers. These a-holes then slice a hole into their shells so that students can observe the animal's heart beat. MU students have gathered over 1,200 petition signatures against this kind of cruelty, and the school still hasn't changed their policies. WTF MU?
• At Saginaw Valley State University, rats are deprived of food in order to train them to press a lever to receive a food pellet. Then the rats are killed by asphyxiation. All this, while there are humane, non-animal methods available to replace these cruel and deadly experiments.
• And finally, at Bucknell University, Prof. Owen Floody drills holes into the skulls of female hamsters, damaging their brains, and observing the injuries' effects on the hamsters' sexual behavior. The animals are killed at the end of the experiments, and their brains are dissected. You can give Bucknell a piece of your mind by clicking here!

Are you running into similar issues at your school? Know somebody who is? Make sure to let us know!