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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Johns Hopkins Under Fire For Using Animals In Doctor Training

Former health secretary, animal-rights group file complaint with city prosecutor

A former state health secretary and a physicians group that supports animal rights are calling on the city prosecutor to investigate the Johns Hopkins University's School of Medicine, claiming it illegally uses live animals to train surgeons.

Martin Wasserman and his wife, Barbara, both physicians and both Hopkins alumni, and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine say the practice violates the state's animal cruelty law.

"JHU regularly violates Maryland law by [causing] students to inflict unnecessary suffering or pain on an animal," said the letter sent Wednesday to State's Attorney Gregg Bernstein. "No statutory exemption allows JHU to subject animals to cruelty."

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1 comment:

  1. It Does Matter!!!February 24, 2011 at 6:55 PM

    I really do hate the thought of using LIVE animals. Dead would be better. But, I feel they have to be taught some way. Hmmmm, they could start using live people. Bet nobody would complain about that.

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