Richard Linklater and PETA Fight Texas A&M’s Experiments on Dogs With Muscular Dystrophy — Exclusive
Richard Linklater is imploring a veterinary college in his native state to stop its experimentation on dogs with muscular dystrophy. In the name of medical research, Joseph Kornegay, a professor at Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, performs tests on golden retrievers and other canines that carry disease genetics. On Wednesday, the Oscar-nominated writer-director-producer (“Boyhood”) sent the following letter to Kornegay’s boss and the school’s president, Michael K. Young:
Dear President Young,
I’m contacting you today after PETA shared with me the disturbing video footage documenting that golden retrievers and other dogs are caged in barren metal cells — often alone — at Texas A&M University’s canine muscular dystrophy (MD) laboratory. I’m urging you to end these experiments and release the dogs for adoption so that they can live out their remaining days in comfort.
These tests are unjustifiable. There’s...
Dear President Young,
I’m contacting you today after PETA shared with me the disturbing video footage documenting that golden retrievers and other dogs are caged in barren metal cells — often alone — at Texas A&M University’s canine muscular dystrophy (MD) laboratory. I’m urging you to end these experiments and release the dogs for adoption so that they can live out their remaining days in comfort.
These tests are unjustifiable. There’s...
- 6/13/2018
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
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