Oct04
Vanderbilt "Scientist" Caught Butchering Conscious Monkeys
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In 2006, a whistleblower at Vanderbilt University tipped PETA off to reports that a Vanderbilt experimenter named Jeffrey D. Schall was performing brain surgery on unanesthetized macaque monkeys. The whistleblower also forwarded us an email that had been sent to the department that was essentially a friendly reminder to researchers not to forget about anesthesia before cutting into these terrified animals' heads. The USDA recently confirmed that these allegations were true, after PETA filed a complaint with the organization.
Vanderbilt has been on our radar for a long time, and Schall has long been known in the animal protection community as one of the most vile torturers in the business. In 2005, Vanderbilt was cited for 15 violations of the Animal Welfare Act, including an incident in which a primate was denied water, restrained in a filthy, feces-covered chair, and submitted to an unauthorized operation. Schall is known to have been involved in this violation, as he was in a separate incident in which he threatened an animal care technician for reporting to the university veterinarian that an animal's collar had become entangled with the bottom bars of the cage.
We have been working for some time now to expose Vanderbilt's abysmal animal welfare record, and I will keep you updated as this case progresses. In the meantime, please take a moment to contact Vanderbilt Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos at this e-mail address to ask that Schall be immediately removed from his post pending an investigation into these horrific allegations.
Click here to read more about this case in Vanderbilt's paper.
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