Help end deadly dog labs in Oklahoma
posted on:
Mar '09
23
11:19pm
(hi jim)
Can you help us end a deadly veterinary dog lab in Oklahoma? Veterinary schools should teach compassion and respect for the animals their students are learning to treat. Although a growing majority of veterinary schools have adopted humane teaching methods, some schools, including Oklahoma State University at Stillwater, still buy dogs who originated in shelters and subject them to repeated surgical procedures and death.
Oklahoma State University at Stillwater (OSU) currently purchases dogs from class B random source animal dealers, who obtain those dogs from shelters and other sources and then sell them to laboratories and schools to be used in deadly testing and training procedures. Once the dogs arrive at OSU, veterinary students cut into them to practice wound repair and surgeries. After the students finish, the dogs are killed and disposed of.
Politely ask OSU’s veterinary school dean, Michael D. Lorenz, D.V.M., to replace terminal dog labs with more humane training methods.
Better, more humane teaching methods are the new standard in veterinary education. Instead of subjecting dogs from shelters to cruel, unnecessary, and lethal veterinary student procedures, progressive vet schools now have humane donor programs and send students to work in animal shelters and veterinary practices, providing medical care and surgeries that these animals need. Among the three veterinary schools in Oklahoma, only OSU still conducts terminal dog labs to train students. Murray State College, for example, sends students to the Ardmore Animal Shelter, where they assist the staff with much-needed tasks such as spaying and neutering animals.
Please write, e-mail or call OSU’s veterinary school dean and politely ask him to replace terminal dog labs with more humane training methods. Being polite is the most effective way to help these animals. Send an automatic e-mail.
Michael D. Lorenz, D.V.M.
Dean, OSU Center for Veterinary Health Sciences
205 McElroy Hall
Stillwater, OK 74078-2005
Phone: 405-744-6651
Fax: 405-744-6633
E-mail: michael.lorenz@okstate.edu
Thanks so much for your help!
Best regards,
John J. Pippin, M.D.
Senior Medical and Research Adviser
Can you help us end a deadly veterinary dog lab in Oklahoma? Veterinary schools should teach compassion and respect for the animals their students are learning to treat. Although a growing majority of veterinary schools have adopted humane teaching methods, some schools, including Oklahoma State University at Stillwater, still buy dogs who originated in shelters and subject them to repeated surgical procedures and death.
Oklahoma State University at Stillwater (OSU) currently purchases dogs from class B random source animal dealers, who obtain those dogs from shelters and other sources and then sell them to laboratories and schools to be used in deadly testing and training procedures. Once the dogs arrive at OSU, veterinary students cut into them to practice wound repair and surgeries. After the students finish, the dogs are killed and disposed of.
Politely ask OSU’s veterinary school dean, Michael D. Lorenz, D.V.M., to replace terminal dog labs with more humane training methods.
Better, more humane teaching methods are the new standard in veterinary education. Instead of subjecting dogs from shelters to cruel, unnecessary, and lethal veterinary student procedures, progressive vet schools now have humane donor programs and send students to work in animal shelters and veterinary practices, providing medical care and surgeries that these animals need. Among the three veterinary schools in Oklahoma, only OSU still conducts terminal dog labs to train students. Murray State College, for example, sends students to the Ardmore Animal Shelter, where they assist the staff with much-needed tasks such as spaying and neutering animals.
Please write, e-mail or call OSU’s veterinary school dean and politely ask him to replace terminal dog labs with more humane training methods. Being polite is the most effective way to help these animals. Send an automatic e-mail.
Michael D. Lorenz, D.V.M.
Dean, OSU Center for Veterinary Health Sciences
205 McElroy Hall
Stillwater, OK 74078-2005
Phone: 405-744-6651
Fax: 405-744-6633
E-mail: michael.lorenz@okstate.edu
Thanks so much for your help!
Best regards,
John J. Pippin, M.D.
Senior Medical and Research Adviser
