(AP) – The University of Missouri plans to encourage more people
to adopt research animals.The Columbia Daily Tribune reports the university announced Thursday it will
work with Homes for Animal Heroes, a program developed by the National Animal
Interest Alliance.
to adopt research animals.The Columbia Daily Tribune reports the university announced Thursday it will
work with Homes for Animal Heroes, a program developed by the National Animal
Interest Alliance.
The move comes as a group called Animal Rescue Media Education is suing the
university for documents on the 179 dogs and cats used in research. The Missouri
system has demanded more than $82,000 to locate and copy records for the Beagle
Freedom Project organization.
Pat Wiese, coordinator of the new Missouri adoption effort, said the Beagle
Freedom Project is a radical animal rights group that wants to end all animal
research.
Kevin Chase, vice president of Animal Rescue, says the National Animal
Interest Alliance wants to protect animal research.
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