The University of Wisconsin at Madison is making progress on fixing animal-welfare violations but still has some work to do. Inspectors from the U.S. Department of Agriculture visited the campus last week to follow up on an inspection in December that found 20 violations, and came away with a list of six continued violations of animal-welfare rules, including expired medications and cockroaches in the walls of rooms housing primates, the Wisconsin State Journal reported.
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5 Responses to U. of Wisconsin-Madison Makes Progress on Animal-Rights Violations
rpm13 - July 22, 2010 at 4:27 pm
The headline is in error. This case has nothing to do with rights. It has to do with violations of animal welfare regulations. Such violations are serious and shouldn’t be diminished by associating them with controversial groups and fringe elements, some of whom use terrorist tactics. The government regulates animal welfare, but it is not the government’s position that animals have rights.
organicivy - July 22, 2010 at 7:49 pm
Such violations are serious and shouldn’t be diminished by associating them with controversial groups and fringe elements, some of whom use terrorist tacticsHi rpm13, you are correct in stating that animal welfare and animal rights are two very different stances. However, the stance for animal rights should not be diminished either by associating it with terrorist tactics. As a supporter of the rights stance I would never condone any actions of violence or terrorism and stand by you in discrediting groups that take such inappropriate actions.
rpm13 - July 22, 2010 at 10:05 pm
Hi organicity, I appreciate your position. However, after dealing with this issue for some 25 years, I have learned that passive acknowledgement that terrorism is wrong is not sufficient. I call on my friends who support the animal rights stance to actively disavow terrorist activities and those who materially support them like PETA. Let’s find the middle ground. Who speaks for the non-violent animal rights movement?
bdellarocca - July 23, 2010 at 4:24 pm
The headline is terribly possitive, despite the body of the report citing that the U of Wisconsin is still keeping animals in unlawful conditions.
phoebe2211 - July 27, 2010 at 8:13 pm
Hi rpm13: No disrespect intended, but I do have to disagree with you. PETA does not support terrorism. Me thinks you read too much of the information placed online by the so-called Center for Consumer Freedom. Further, knowing that cruelty toward anybody (human and nonhuman animals) is wrong, why should I go out of my way to “actively disavow” terrorist activities, while those who support “terrorism” against animals through their daily purchasing activities have to do no such thing? BTW, how do you define terrorism? Nobody in the animal rights movement has ever hurt a human being. So, where do these terrorism charges come from? Oh, I see, the Center for Consumer Freedom (a lobbying group for the restaurant, food, and tobacoo industries; a group that even hates Mothers Against Drunk Driving).