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An animal rights group called Stop Animal Exploitation Now has filed a federal complaint with the US Department of Agriculture against Johns Hopkins scientists for failed surgeries that led to euthanasia of nine dogs, the Baltimore Sun reported Tuesday (August 13).
The Ohio-based group refers to a letter that Hopkins researchers sent to the National Institutes of Health about the termination of federally funded research on spinal cord stimulation as a treatment for a gastrointestinal disorder called gastroparesis. In 2017 and 2018, the researchers had planned surgeries on 19 dogs. Nine experienced complications, which resulted in euthanizing them for humane reasons, according to the Sun.
It is not the first complaint the group has filed against the university. In February, it sent a complaint to the USDA about a marmoset that was crushed in a cage door. After an inspection by the USDA, the agency cited ...
