ANIMAL JUSTICE ADVOCATES LAUNCH "END DISSECTION INITIATIVE" AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
EARR has previously attempted to collect information from the University of Virginia under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The school has liberally applied exceptions of VFOIA and refused to release any of the requested information. We are currently pursuing information on their research programs through other channels and we applaud Animal Justice Advocates for their work in shining a light on these cruel experiments.
The University of Virginia has long been a focal point for student groups and other organizations seeking information on their animal research programs. The school has been historically resistant to releasing this information, as evidenced by a 1988 lawsuit brought by another student group against the university for failing to release records (See Students for Animals v. The University of Virginia, 12 Va. Cir. 247 (Va. Cir. 1988)).
EARR Launches #shameonyouvcu Campaign
November 18, 2018
Exposing Animal Research in Richmond (EARR) launches a new social media campaign focused on continuing to raise public awareness around Virginia Commonwealth University’s primate opioid testing.
The animal rights organization has unveiled a cartoon focused on current experimentation underway at the public university in Richmond, Virginia. Opponents of VCU’s primate opioid testing are encouraged to share the cartoon along with the hashtag #shameonyouvcu on their social media accounts.
Individuals are also encouraged to communicate their opposition directly to VCU President Michael Rao at president@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1200. People may also leave comments on the Virginia Commonwealth University Facebook page by clicking the button below.
To download the image, just right click on it and select “Save Image As” and save to your desktop.
PETA JOINS THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST VCU'S SENSELESS PRIMATE OPIOID EXPERIMENTS
September 26, 2018
VCU’s primate opioid experiments have caught the eye of one of the world’s largest animal rights groups. PETA published an article and action alert entitled “Drugs, Lies, and Documents” that highlights the experimentation and deceit underway at VCU.
The action alert has been shared over 4,000 times and allows readers to quickly email VCU and request that the primates are sent to sanctuary – something VCU already said was happening until their lie was exposed.
Click the link below to email VCU and ask them to send their research primates to sanctuary.
WRIC NEWS EXPOSES VCU'S LIE ABOUT SENDING PRIMATES TO SANCTUARY
August 16, 2018
Richmond, Virginia’s ABC channel runs their third story on VCU’s primate opioid program. WRIC’s Kerri O’Brien exposes VCU’s attempt to deceive the public into believing their research primates are sent to sanctuary after research is completed.
The North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance (NAPSA) confirms they have never had any contact from VCU but offers to take on research primates from the opioid experiments.
WRIC NEWS TALKS TO THE WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT ABOUT VCU'S PRIMATE EXPERIMENTS
May 1, 2018
Amy Lacey of WRIC news interviews White Coat Waste Project’s Vice President of Advocacy and Public Policy about VCU’s experiments.
Speaking to VCU’s federally funded experiments, Goodman says “The government needs to take a close look at how it’s spending money and the enormous amount of money that’s being wasted addicting animals to drugs.”
WRIC NEWS AIRS THE FIRST OF THREE STORIES EXPOSING VCU'S PRIMATE OPIOID EXPERIMENTS
April 26, 2018
WRIC’s Amy Lacey first exposes Richmond viewers to VCU’s primate opioid experiments based on information collected from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
“In one involving fentanyl, their partially shaven tails have been dipped for 20 seconds into water heated up to 130 degrees. According to burn experts, that is hot enough to cause third-degree burns at 30 seconds.
During the test, pain response is monitored 10, 30 and 100 minutes after fentanyl administration unless the animals show signs of distress.”
RICHMOND'S LOCAL NEWSPAPER QUESTIONS WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE ANIMALS AT VCU
February 3, 2018
Bart Hinkle of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond’s newspaper, questions what is happening to the animals at VCU.
VCU tells Hinkle it may cost more than $2,500 to produce the records the newspaper is seeking on the animal research program.