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Hospital announces end to "inhumane" dog research after IJB investigation

Investigative Journalism Bureau


"After decades of secretly inducing heart attacks in dogs as part of cardiac research, St. Joseph’s Hospital ended the practice on Monday in the aftermath of an Investigative Journalism Bureau (IJB) investigation...Nicholas Dodman, a professor emeritus at Tufts Veterinary School in Boston and president of the Center for Canine Behavior Studies, calls the St. Joseph’s research “totally unacceptable.” “Most people understand that when the blood supply to an organ is shut off in the case of a heart attack, it’s excruciatingly painful. Dogs don’t get that kind of heart attack; they don’t suffer from heart attacks like humans.”..."  Read More...

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The fact that it took an investigative journalism piece to end something that had been happening secretly for decades says a lot about how these practices get shielded from public scrutiny. The point from Professor Dodman that dogs don't even experience heart attacks the way humans do makes the justification even harder to defend. Came across a piece over at https://direwolfseo.co.uk/ on accountability journalism exposing hidden institutional practices which felt very relevant here. Good on the IJB for pushing this into the open.

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