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Stop dogs cats and other animals from being killed

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  • Start Date:
    10-23-2007
  • Last Signed:
    11-3-2009

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Stop dogs, cats and other animals from being killed at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

I saw what was going on to dogs and other animals at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The things I saw were painful, archaic and scientifically valueless experiments.

Kittens have their brains drilled and eyes sew shut while ALIVE at Dalhousie University. This procedure is very common at Dalhousie University:

Animals are jabbed with needles, tubes forced down their mouths, hearts and brains dissected while still ALIVE. Some of the "lucky" ones get pain relief. These animals never see sunshine and are destroyed after they are no longer needed. Most of this "research" has been done by other students and researchers previously, yet it still continues on.

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Submitted on 10-30-2009
Whoever is doing all of this needs to STOP. Switch places with them for a day and get treated like crap and get abused then i'm sure the world would really change for all of these animals. Yeah they are all over populated but so are humans. They can speak but they cant speak out.. when they give you little cries, all they want is to be loved and have a family, we all do. They cant ask for things, they didnt ask to be here today and neither did we. Us getting jobs is like them getting homes, its all tough. Very sad and heart breaking. All of us has our own ways and our own personalities and so does the animals. But really what is the difference between us and them??
Submitted on 10-18-2009
stop
Submitted on 10-18-2009
I agree. They should stop using animals for experimental purposes. They wouldn't like if it was done to them.
Submitted on 10-12-2009
Stop this now
Submitted on 6-12-2009
YOU HAVE TO STOP THIS TESTING ON INNOCENT ANIMALS/PETS IMMEDIATELY. "Tit for tat" as they say...How would these researchers like to have this done to them? Put yourselves in these animals' shoes and see how this feels. WE HAVE TO END THIS ABUSE NOW!!!!!
Submitted on 5-19-2009
While I don't condone unethical treatment of animals at all! It's evil and those who do it will have to answer for it in either this life or the next... Animal testing, when done right, is of significant value to humans. It ensures product safety and shows the ingredients in the lotion you use, for example, don't cause you to go into anaphylactic shock. When done ethically and with the upmost reguard for the animals, animal testing saves human lives. It's these yahoo's who "test" (torture is more like it) that give animal testing a bad rap.
Submitted on 5-25-2009
Dalhousie Medical students do not practice surgeries on animals, they are training to be human medical doctors. Animals are used for developing new medical treatments for animals (eg dog hip replacements) and humans. Animals are used by researchers, doctors and veterinarians for testing the the side effects of current medical practices to ensure that other systems are not being damaged. The vast majority of veterinarians SUPPORT animal research (http://canadianveterinari ans.net/ShowTex...), as do the vast majority of doctors. So in Amy's example concerning laser revascularization studies in dogs: http://www.circ.ahajourna ls.org/cgi/cont... the question is in layman's terms: if you use laser revascularization in the heart (already used IN HUMANS) do you damage nerves that send signals to the brain from the heart? This is important to know because when a patient feels relief from the pain of angina as a result of laser revasularization treatment is it because the treatment actually works or because the nerves that signal pain to the brain are dead. The latter could be very bad...especially if this person were to have a heart attack and not be able to feel the symptoms. So can someone please tell me how this research is VALUELESS? AS for cats having their eyes sewn shut...it is because of studies like these that we understand the plasticity of visual system development and the small window in which we can treat visual system defects such as cataracts and Amblyopia and thus are able to treat children suffering from such abnormalities. Do you wanna know what a cat with an eye sewn shut (using anesthetic and under veterinary care) from birth acts like? Well, it acts like a regular cat insofar as it plays with its toys and siblings, uses a litterbox and feeds from its mother. Socially it behaves like any happy and heathy cat. It does not know that it is different from any of the other cats and none of the other cats treat it any differently. Kittens now are more frequently given eye patches instead of eye stitchin' so it is like giving a kid an eye patch, however it is harder to keep a mask on a cat (so they need neck cones too) than it is to keep an eye patch on a kid. Dr Mitchell's research and others like it have led to the discovery that vision can be repaired in cats with periods of daily binocular (2 eyes) vision, and now we know that human kids do not have to keep their eyes patched all day either http://www.nhs.uk/News/20 07/September/Pa.... We are just discovering this in 2007. SO HOW IS THIS IRRELEVANT AND ARCHAIC? Just because some nitwit can make a facebook group and a you choose campaign and is well trained in the art of slander does not make that person's opinions valid or reflective of the truth. Read the papers Amy Scott is referencing and find out exactly what research is taking place and why it is relevant. Don't be stupid enough to fall for this manipulation.
Submitted on 6-12-2009
We must find an alternate means of research instead of using innocent animals as discussed. Do not take innocent kittens, puppies, etc and turn their lives into disformation or abnormalities. In this day & age, where there is so much technology and research, we need to move away from testing on innocent beings who have no say at all. We have to speak for them. Once & for all, they were born not to be tested in labs, but to be Free. BORN FREE!!!!
Submitted on 6-16-2009
No actually, they were not born to be free. Were they not bred in a research laboratory they would not be born at all. Their lives are not "disformations or abnormalities". In fact this statement doesn't even make sense. I don't even think that disformation is a word, or at least not in the sense for which you are attempting to use it. Do you mean deformities? If I cannot trust you to use your words correctly than I definitely cannot trust you to inform me on how our scientific endeavors should and should not proceed. Do you know anything about science or do you simply believe that alternate technology and research methods exist and can be practiced completely in isolation from animal testing because you read it somewhere? Take it from a scientist (and one that doesn't even work on animals) - animal testing is vital, relevant, and essential for increasing our knowledge of systems biology as well as the development of medical treatments for humans and animals alike. Then again, knowledge means nothing to you people. Why is it that we all feel knowledgeable enough to constantly tell scientists with years of training in science how to do their jobs? This is why peer revue and ethics committees exist. ...and no, it is a not a CONSPIRACY!!! This logic whereby laymen tell me and other scientists how to do our jobs is as ridiculous as breaking into the cockpit of a plane and taking over the flight....because clearly y'all know how to do everything better than the experts.
Submitted on 5-16-2009
is's a stupid thing to do to a dog or any other animal.They are probaly scared and frightened right now so please stop killing animals and leaving tham for dead.
Submitted on 5-15-2009
i just saved my dog that was beaten from a shelter i like the humane society! =]not those stupid WRONG people that are mean and abuse LIVING CREATURES
Submitted on 5-15-2009
HOW WOULD U LIKE IT IF SOMEONE SEWED YOUR EYES SHUT!!! THATS ALL GOT TO STOP !! TREAT ANIMALS THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE TREATED! >:(
Submitted on 5-15-2009
okay thats got to stop now because no animal deserves such a terribale thing it's like as soon as a baby is born we go out choose witch kid and start doing scientific research. whats wrong with people its like abusing a chiled. no animal deserves this
Submitted on 5-3-2009
Disgusting. You do this and you deserve what you get and more.
Submitted on 4-27-2009
i dont know if these persons have a hearth in their body.annimals feel the pain like us.if i see someone doing this experiments i wish they try it on themselves first so they can feel everything these animals suffers.
Submitted on 4-20-2009
save the animals!
Submitted on 4-8-2009
ANYONE THAT HURTS AN ANIMAL SHOULD BE BURNED ALIVE.
Submitted on 4-1-2009
It is inhumane. We are not allowed to do this to suffering humans without conciquences
Submitted on 3-30-2009
While I was in med school I learned about experiments done to kittens roughly fifty years ago which involved their eyes being sewn shut. Since then there are laws in place to prevent such experiments from continuing. There is no need for a petition on this one, call the cops. Furthermore, the experiment did have scientific merit. It proved a critical developmental period for ocular function, which is believed to relate directly to humans.
Submitted on 3-9-2009
No one has the right to hurt an animal.
Submitted on 3-4-2009
I absolutely agree with you!!! PLEASE stop hurt and kill them! They just want to live...:(((((
Submitted on 2-28-2009
the things that u put on here make me want to cry. That's horrible. Those poor animals. and these sick twisted ppl obviously do NOT know the meaning of a 'living creature' or 'let life live'.
Submitted on 2-25-2009

I see animals being abused for no reason all the time. And I think it is wrong. My cat that I use to have was abused as a kitten and I have saved her from a drain...ppl need to know tat it is wrong

Submitted on 2-28-2009
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Submitted on 2-18-2009

What will you do with all the dogs and cats that are in the shelters? Adopt them all? Get real. If anything, they should step up the killing.
Signed,
The Great Wolverine

Submitted on 4-3-2009
you are one sick individual. better be careful of what you wish for. What goes around comes around. and do you honestly think that that picture offends God. not a chance. he loves you all the more because you obviously need it. and also, if people want a good and loyal animal find one at the pound. I adopted two dogs and two cats and will keep them until until they go or I do. they arepart of your family but somehow I don't think you would understand that.
Submitted on 2-11-2009

sick fucks

Submitted on 1-29-2009

how cruel! there are sick people out there. everybody who can please do something it makes me sick to my stomach!

Submitted on 1-21-2009

I think what there doing is horrific! I started a group on care2. NSAAA or Nova Scotians Against Animal Abuse, I would love for others with the same intrests to come and join my group. its great to sign petitions but lets rally and boycott and fight them on this!
Holly

Submitted on 1-11-2009

There are more HUMANE ways to do Scientific testing, regardless of popular Medical beliefs. Stop the abuse and mal treatment of the innocent animals who lood to humans for unconditonal love and companionship.

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