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Protests by animal rights groups in Austria forced scientists to stop a series of experiments on pigs because they were deemed cruel and useless. Researchers were burying live pigs in snow in the Western Austrian Alps to find out how people die in avalanches.
The two-week experiment from the Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine in Italy and the Medical University of Innsbruck intended to uncover the factors that make it possible for people to survive an avalanche in an air pocket without suffering brain damage.
The subjects for their experiment were pigs that had been anesthetized. According to USA Today, some of the pigs were being completely buried and suffocated, while others were covered up to their necks to freeze to death.
Hermann Brugger, in charge of the program told reporters – the pigs do not suffer as they are sedated prior to the experiment. He also said, “We want to save lives, that’s the only goal of this study.”
Johanna Stadler, director of Vier Pfoten (Four Paws) animal rights group said, “It is absolutely unacceptable to kill these highly sensitive, helpless animals for such a useless experiment.”
“People are shocked and outraged that such cruel experiments can even be carried out in Austria,” said Gerda Matias, president of the International Union of Animal Experiment Opponents.
With the help of these two animal rights organizations, plus the Austrian Association of Animal Protection – the research came to a complete stop.
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+ add your ownThese people are really cruel to the poor animals (in this case, the pigs).
Thank GOD this was stopped because it is just not fair to harm what GOD gave us for free to keep us alive and well and that is a fact.
good story
Thanks for this news.
THANK YOU
This practice of animal testing is already so outdated. I have an idea. Let us vote for the researchers to take the pigs' place. Then we will have a better idea of how humans can survive in avalanches. Honey, bring the straws out.
I am afraid of these dangereous scientists and there are many of them. They certainly would not back out from whatever kind of experiment that comes into there minds. Remember the past. Besides men have alway an excuse ready for everything they do.
If animal rights organizations were united a lot more would be done for the suffering animals and a lot faster. They could pool their resources and that would give them a strong loud voice, money talks.
As it stands AR is scattered and the old saying is correct, united we stand, divided we fall.
It is go great that through a united effort the pig experiments have stopped.
That was great one step forward to the use of animals in experiments, well done to the Austrian groups who helped stop this experiment!!!!!!!
Great! This is wonderful news!
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