Jan25
UConn Made to Return Grant Money
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We’re just doing our part to help get a bit of money back for the government. And by “we,” I mean my colleague Justin Goodman, who, as a graduate student at the University of Connecticut, worked tirelessly to expose the hideous experiments carried out by David “The Butcher” Waitzman (I just made that nickname up, but who knows—maybe it’ll catch on with his students) who used a sizeable grant from the NIH to, among other things, drill holes into monkeys' skulls and implant steel coils into their eyes. Well, according to this morning’s Hartford Courant, the university has been ordered to return $65,005 of the grant as a result of animal welfare violations in Waitzman’s lab that were exposed during a USDA investigation prompted by Justin’s complaints.
Not only is this wonderful news for people who care about animals, but it will also serve as a powerful warning to other animal experimenters like Waitzman: Even if massive public outcry leaves them cold, you can bet that they’ll sit up and take notice once they know that someone like Justin is on the case—and that it may not be very long before their grant money’s on the line as well.
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Comments
I am so impressed Justin!
These criminals think they can hide out at these universities and commit their crimes undisturbed.
This is white-collar crime in its worst sense.
Posted by: kelly | January 25, 2008 05:24 PM
By default, he's Vivisector of the Week.
Good work in exposing his sleazy, slimy, salacious underbelly. (My 's' key got stuck...)
Posted by: Mike Quinoa | January 25, 2008 06:35 PM
kudos to justin. more people need to keep their eyes open for this stuff.
Posted by: Jess | January 25, 2008 07:25 PM
first to post!
Animal testing is soooo wrong!
www.myspace.com/smoomoo2u
Posted by: freedom fighter for animals (FFFA) | January 25, 2008 07:36 PM
Excellent work, Justin Goodman! Would that there were more like you.
Posted by: Susannah S | January 26, 2008 09:43 AM
You guys really are on a roll. Keep up the good work.
Justin Goodman is officially a hero to me.
Posted by: Maya, C.V.T. | January 26, 2008 12:27 PM
I'm sorry, but that ",005" just made me laugh.
"Hey, do you think $65,000 will stick it to him enough?"
"Nah, not quite. Throw in an extra five bucks."
Posted by: Jessica | January 26, 2008 10:51 PM
A long life to Justin Goodman! Such great people make us strong because we animal protectors and PETA members are on the good side and no-one has to blame us! It's just this kind of greedy ruthless bastards like David 'The Butcher' Waitzman' coming out of hell and wanting to make a hellish planet out of this earth! Unfortunately people are quickly blindfolded in front of some 'degree-freak' and think that he is god on earth! But i'm more than happy to have people like Justin Goodman and organizations like PETA of which i'm a proud member to stop such criminal rascals once and for all!
Posted by: FREE BURMA | January 27, 2008 01:22 PM
You rock Justin!!!
You rock Jack!!!
Posted by: Judith, Freedom Fighter for Animals | January 28, 2008 03:52 PM
i'm glad they're giving the money back!
and i hope they do nothing like this again.
i hope to go to uconn next year, and i do not want to go there if things like this are happening
Posted by: nicole | January 28, 2008 07:16 PM
I've met Justin and he is an uncompromising abolitionist. He is a strong asset to our movement and the best help the animals can get!
Posted by: Brandon Becker | January 31, 2008 10:33 PM