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Chelsea
Mrs.F
9 December 2010 Product Testing on Animals
For nine months, a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) investigator worked undercover inside the Professional Laboratory and Research Services center in North Carolina. PLRS is paid by large pharmaceutical companies to test certain products on animals. They test insecticides along with many other chemicals used in household companion animal products. PLRS force-fed experimental compounds to dogs and cats and smear the chemicals onto the animals' skin. PETA's investigator found that toxicity tests were just part of what the animals where forced to endure. Laboratory workers yelled curses at the dogs and cats while they used pressure hoses to spray bleach and other harsh chemicals into the occupied cages. Many dogs had open sores and infected wounds from living on wet concrete and being forced to sit in pools of their own urine and feces. Workers did not move the dogs when they pressure-sprayed the cages this would scare the animals and cause them unnecessary distress. Also it left them soaking wet, covered in bleach and soap, and exposed their sores to harsh chemicals. PLRS did not keep a veterinarian on staff. Instead, they brought a veterinarian in for one hour a week. The Animals suffered from bloody feces, worm infestations, oozing sores, abscessed teeth, hematomas, and pus and blood filled infections without receiving adequate veterinary examinations and treatment. Sometimes the workers would treat the animals themselves even though they had no veterinary training. In one case a supervisor gave a dog an expired anesthetic and then proceeded to pull out the animal's tooth with a pair of pliers. The dog was shaking in obvious pain but the supervisor continued the procedure despite the dog's reaction. In another case, workers repeatedly cut into a dog's blood-filled ear in an attempt to drain the blood and pus, but they never actually treated the underling cause for the ear to become
Mrs.F
9 December 2010 Product Testing on Animals
For nine months, a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) investigator worked undercover inside the Professional Laboratory and Research Services center in North Carolina. PLRS is paid by large pharmaceutical companies to test certain products on animals. They test insecticides along with many other chemicals used in household companion animal products. PLRS force-fed experimental compounds to dogs and cats and smear the chemicals onto the animals' skin. PETA's investigator found that toxicity tests were just part of what the animals where forced to endure. Laboratory workers yelled curses at the dogs and cats while they used pressure hoses to spray bleach and other harsh chemicals into the occupied cages. Many dogs had open sores and infected wounds from living on wet concrete and being forced to sit in pools of their own urine and feces. Workers did not move the dogs when they pressure-sprayed the cages this would scare the animals and cause them unnecessary distress. Also it left them soaking wet, covered in bleach and soap, and exposed their sores to harsh chemicals. PLRS did not keep a veterinarian on staff. Instead, they brought a veterinarian in for one hour a week. The Animals suffered from bloody feces, worm infestations, oozing sores, abscessed teeth, hematomas, and pus and blood filled infections without receiving adequate veterinary examinations and treatment. Sometimes the workers would treat the animals themselves even though they had no veterinary training. In one case a supervisor gave a dog an expired anesthetic and then proceeded to pull out the animal's tooth with a pair of pliers. The dog was shaking in obvious pain but the supervisor continued the procedure despite the dog's reaction. In another case, workers repeatedly cut into a dog's blood-filled ear in an attempt to drain the blood and pus, but they never actually treated the underling cause for the ear to become