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New Zealand Live Pig Experiment Shocks Many Globally

New Zealand Live Pig Experiment Shocks Many Globally

The New Zealand Anti-Vivisection Society (NZAVS) are outraged to find out about the research being conducted at Otago University. Otago has been carrying out experiments in which live pigs are tied down and shot in the head as part of a study on blood-spatter patterns.

“Pigs are fundamentally different to humans, especially in regards to their skull – it’s purely bad science to use pigs in such studies when non-animal methods would give much more accurate results” said NZAVS Campaign Manager Tara Jackson.

Environmental Science and Research, a government funded facility funded this research. They have pointed out that the organisation has no plans to carry out similar experiments using live animals.

Since exposure of the research there has been global outrage that such an experiment was ever even approved by the Otago Animal Ethics Committee.

“This highlights the obvious faults in the system and is not the first unethical and poorly designed experiment that we have seen come out of Otago University, there is something seriously wrong here” Miss Jackson added.

This experiment has gained traction globally and is featuring in UK news - http://goo.gl/GidFyt, ABC News - http://goo.gl/Huj8Ih and has also grabbed the attention of PETA, the largest animal rights organisation in the world - http://goo.gl/a7zW5o.

NZAVS are encouraging people to send an online message to Otago University via the PETA website - http://goo.gl/r32kST

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