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PETA: 25,000 test animals killed as ‘non-essential’

By Paul Bedard
Published October 27, 2023 4:43pm ET
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PETA: 25,000 test animals killed as ‘non-essential’
PETA is calling for a probe into the killing "nonessential" test animals. | Photo courtesy PETA.

Several college testing facilities funded by the National Institutes of Health killed some 25,000 “extraneous” and “nonessential” animals during the COVID-19 crisis, prompting a call from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals for a national investigation.

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